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France Approves New Cryptocurrency Measures to Fight Anonymous Transactions

14.12.2020
The French council of ministers has approved a series of new measures to combat the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions. Anonymous accounts are banned at crypto exchanges which must now impose stricter know-your-customer requirements. France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says...

France Sentences BTC-e Crypto Exchange’s Operator to 5 Years in Prison for Money Laundering

8.12.2020
Russian crypto exchange BTC-e’s operator Alexander Vinnik has now been sentenced to five years in prison by a French court and fined 100,000 euros. He was arrested over three years ago in Greece, extradited to France, and is wanted in the U.S. and Russia. Vinnik Sentenced After 3+ Years...

Ethereum Developer ConsenSys to Assist French Bank With CBDC Pilot

28.10.2020
The Ethereum developer will help the digital assets arm of Societe Generale carry out research on a central bank digital currency

Voyager Digital Buys European Crypto Exchange Focused on Institutional Investors

24.10.2020
Crypto-asset broker Voyager Digital Ltd is buying LGO Markets, a French cryptocurrency exchange focused on corporate investors. The two firms will merge under one brand, Voyager, and their two separate native tokens, VGX and LGO, will also merge. The deal grants Voyager, a Canadian Securities...

French Finance Minister throws shade at crypto, praises blockchain

19.10.2020
He stated that he does not “question the reliability and traceability of all blockchain technology,” but denounced crypto

French municipality accepting blockchain voting for road project

6.10.2020
"The vote will be 100% secure," said Avosvotes CEO Florian Ribière

French police arrest terror financing ring that used Bitcoin coupons

30.9.2020
The terror financing ring reportedly bought cryptocurrency coupons in licensed tobacco shops across France

French Authorities Arrest 29 Suspected of Using Crypto to Fund Extremists in Syria

30.9.2020
Hundreds of thousands of euros may have been supplied through a secret network benefiting al-Qaida-linked extremists in northwestern Syria

French Central Bank Chief Eyes Public-Private Partnership for Possible Digital Euro

11.9.2020
The governor of the Banque de France said private sector involvement could benefit a future digital euro initiative

Bitcoin Is ‘a Myth’ Says French Central Bank Policymaker

18.8.2020
A leading French academic and central bank policymaker has called bitcoin (BTC) a “myth” and a “pseudo-currency,” and dismissed the token’s chances of becoming money in the future, claiming that it fails to meet criteria currently fulfilled by fiat. The claims were made in a paper released by...

French Judge Orders Trial of Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik

4.8.2020
Vinnik will reportedly face charges including defrauding more than 100 people in six French cities from 2016 to 2018

Crypto Hardware Wallet Firm Ledger Hacked, One Million Customer Emails Exposed

29.7.2020
Ledger said on Wednesday that its e-commerce database was hacked in late June, compromising about one million email addresses. No user funds were affected by the breach. In a blog post, the French bitcoin hardware wallet company revealed that contact and order information for customers was also...

French Officials Move to Start Trial of Alleged BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik

24.7.2020
The alleged BTC-e operator stands accused of extortion, aggravated money laundering and conspiracy

Crypto Mastercard, French CBDC Experiment, Fake Digital Yuan + More News

20.7.2020
Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Payments news Payments giant Mastercard has granted London-based digital payments firm Wirex principal membership...