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French Football Federation launches official player NFTs with Sorare

14.6.2021
Les Bleus players and their sports stats will be tokenized on the blockchain for trading and playing in fantasy games

Swiss, French Central Banks to Trial Wholesale CBDC Settlements With BIS and Private Sector

11.6.2021
The central banks of Switzerland and France are joining hands with the Bank for International Settlements to test wholesale central bank digital currencies in cross-border transactions. The experiment will be conducted with the help of a private sector consortium led by Accenture. European Central...

BIS joins France and Switzerland's central banks on cross-border CBDC project

10.6.2021
The central bank digital currency project will test cross-border settlement between French and Swiss fiat currencies

21shares to Launch Bitcoin ETP for Institutional Investors in the UK

8.6.2021
Switzerland-based 21shares announced it’s going to offer its crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) to institutional investors in Britain. The platform said the aim is to provide U.K. investors with exposure to bitcoin without the need to deal with crypto custody and security. New Bitcoin...

France Rejects Russian Request to Extradite BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik

22.5.2021
Judicial authorities in France have refused to grant the extradition request filed by Russia for Alexander Vinnik. According to the Russian Ombudsman, Vinnik is now ready to start a new hunger strike despite his health deteriorating after spending almost four years in detention. Court Case Against...

100M euro digital bond was a CBDC test, says Banque de France

30.4.2021
European financial institutions are using pilots to make a case for the digital euro

French retail giant will launch Tezos-based stablecoin

17.3.2021
The new coin is named after a god in Irish mythology and will go by the ticker symbol EURL

French Lawmaker Signs Petition to Allow Central Bank to Buy and Hold Bitcoin

14.3.2021
A French parliament member has signed a petition to amend the laws to enable the central bank of France to buy and hold bitcoin as well as other cryptocurrencies. The petition urges lawmakers to urgently consider the matter, warning that not owning bitcoin will put France “in a financially...

France to Auction 611 Bitcoins Seized From Hackers

11.3.2021
The French government will auction 611 bitcoins that were seized from hackers next week. There will be two sales comprised of 478 lots altogether. Each lot consists of between 0.11 and 20 bitcoins. Paris-based auction house Kapandji Morhange will auction 611 bitcoins on March 17. The company says...

Central Bank of France Considers Ripple a Potential Platform for the Digital Euro

9.3.2021
A 44-page report commissioned by CPA Australia states that Government and their central banks view the Ripple Network and its native currency, the XRP coin, more favorably compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum because of their centralized nature. The report titled “Central Bank digital currencies:...

Air France pilots blockchain-based COVID-19 travel system

23.2.2021
Air France is set to trial a blockchain-based system for verifying COVID-19 test results for its passengers

French official wants to change how Europe regulates crypto and blockchain

9.2.2021
According to one French official, crypto and blockchain projects should be supervised at the European level

Bitcoin Bull-Run Boosts Sales of a French Premium Wine Retailer Despite the Coronavirus Pandemic

6.2.2021
A French wine trading firm has been favored by the recent crypto bull-run, specifically with the bitcoin prices surging across the board. Despite the pandemic, Lasserre & Papillon is making good numbers after founding BTC Wine. BTC Wine Was Launched During the 2017 Crypto Prices’ Rally...

French Central Bank Trials Digital Currency for Interbank Settlement

19.1.2021
The pilot involved the settlement on a private blockchain of around €2 million

Bank of France settles $2.4M fund in central bank digital currency pilot

19.1.2021
The Bank of France processed $2.4 million worth of fund units using a CBDC in December as part of ongoing experiments into blockchain and stablecoin technology

Vinnik’s attorney appeals against 5-year prison sentence

18.12.2020
Lawyers of the alleged $4 billion Bitcoin launderer appeal to the court, arguing that Alexander Vinnik was just an employee at BTC-e

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...