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 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
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
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