Digital finance: four key announcements at the Paris Finance Forum 2025

This Tuesday, the Parisian finance mecca highlighted a turning point in the perception of blockchain ...
/ Innovation, Strategy, Featured

The role of payment service providers in the distribution of digital euros

The central bank digital currency (CBDN) represents a major reform of the European monetary architecture. The question of its distribution ...

Spiko, BNP AM, Frgmnt: fund tokenization expands in France

Following in the footsteps of BlackRock and Franklin Templeton, several French players are attempting to break into the emerging market for ...
/ Innovation

Deblock, France's first MiCA-certified company

Unlike many European regulators, the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) had not yet issued any European approvals for crypto-assets ...
/ Innovation, Regulation

"We work with most of the major banks in France".

Head of Confluent in France since 2022, Niki Hubaut explains, in this interview with Finascope, how the platform ...
/ Innovation

Stablecoins, digital currencies...two camps clash

At Paris Blockchain Week, the debate over the best form of tokenized money resurfaces. Supporters of private tokens ...
/ Innovation

AMF and Italian Consob put forward proposals to improve the Pilot Scheme

In response, the AMF and CONSOB have put forward proposals to the European Commission and co-legislators ...
/ Press release, Innovation

"A bridge between private and stock markets".

While IPOs are rare and M&A exits remain difficult, ...
/ Innovation, Trend

"Investors take bitcoin's price risk, not us"

The Blockchain Group has completed a 48.6 million euro bond issue convertible into shares, mostly subscribed in bitcoins, to ...
/ Innovation, Operation

Cryptos: Caceis Bank prepares MiCA approval file

The Crédit Agricole and Santander subsidiary obtained its PSAN registration in June 2023 for the custody of assets ...
/ Innovation, Regulation