Three years ago, Nabilla’s Snapchat statements about bitcoin had inflamed the media, causing the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) to react. On July 28, 2021, the epilogue of this case was announced in a statement from the Directorate General for … Read More
Most companies in the cryptocurrency sector will soon be affected by the consequences of Decree No. 2019-1213 of November 21, 2019 on digital asset service providers (DASPs). The deadline is short: the last texts implementing the decree (two instructions and … Read More
After Sydney, London, Tokyo and Moscow, it is now Dublin’s turn to host the Plenary Meeting of the Technical Committee (TC) of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) concerning “Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies” (number 307). This 5th meeting of TC … Read More
The first part of this article is available here. II – The “police”… and Bitcoin The relationship between police officers, gendarmes, customs officers (“gendarmes”) and Bitcoin is not well known. Yet they exist. An analysis of press releases shows that … Read More
Faced with the headlines of some newspapers that associate the word bitcoin with “sulphurous”, “scam” or “danger”, many people, uninformed, still have the reflex to associate bitcoin with the darknet. What is the reality? Are we in the “Wild West”? … Read More
I – Background The strong rise in cryptocurrencies in 2017 attracted a large number of new investors, many willing to do anything to make big profits. It also attracted a number of dubious players who were claiming high rates of … Read More
Published at the last minute on December 9, 2017, the “blockchain” ordinance (officially Ordinance No. 2017-1674 of December 8, 2017 on the use of a shared electronic recording device for the representation and transmission of financial securities) has finally been … Read More
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (“AMF”) published on July 3 and 20, 2017, its 2017 risk mapping (where a few pages are devoted to the specific case of blockchain) and its response to the European Commission’s consultation on FinTech: “Towards … Read More
In a text published in French and, to be noted, in English, the French Treasury launched on March 24 a public consultation on the topic of blockchain on its website. This consultation is particularly interested in the application of this … Read More
III – The decree on minibonds or the challenges of the French government (Read : first part – second part) “The decree on minibonds will be published during 2017,” Ms. Minister Axelle Lemaire, Secretary of State for Digital and Innovation, … Read More