II – France’s ambitions for blockchain in the European Union (Read the first part) “It is in French law that, for the first time in Europe, we are going to set the legal and security conditions under which decentralized financial … Read More
After the banks, it is now the turn of the States to enter the race towards blockchain. In France, the Prime Minister, Mr. Manuel Valls, has just declared on July 6, during the “Rencontres financières Paris Europlace”, that: “It is … Read More
The first steps of a new paradigm have just been taken on April 28, when France, with the signing of the ordinance on cash vouchers, enshrined blockchain in law for the first time. This new technology has not only been … Read More
After the Fin Tech world, it is now the turn of Legal Tech to be interested in blockchain and smart contracts. On March 23rd, the association OPEN LAW, Le droit ouvert, organized in collaboration with the association France FinTech a … Read More
While Bitcoin suffers from an image deficit among the general public (which often associates it, due to lack of information, exclusively with the darknet, terrorism or pedophilia), UNICEF has just announced that it is considering using blockchain (Bitcoin’s technology) to … Read More
Accusations that Bitcoin is being used to fund terrorism have just been invalidated by a January 2016 Europol report. Let’s remember: after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris in January and November 2015, many voices were raised against Bitcoin, accusing it … Read More
Following the collapse of MtGox, a Tokyo-based currency exchange platform, in which thousands of users lost their Bitcoins, Japan was the first country to be forced to establish regulations for Bitcoin. The country’s lawyers were then faced with the legal … Read More
Less than a year ago, most banks had lost interest in bitcoin and its technology, the blockchain. Today, they are suddenly confronted with a new reality: blockchain is becoming the future of the financial sector. Not everyone is unanimous on … Read More
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled for the first time on bitcoin! In a landmark ruling of 22 October 2015, the Court declares that I) the provision of bitcoin exchanges for traditional currency is a supply … Read More
On 6 October, the Governors of some 30 Commonwealth central banks, meeting in Lima (Peru), expressed serious concerns about the negative effect of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism regulations on remittances and discussed the use of new money technologies, such as … Read More