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ForkLog 12 22.11.2021

Lydia payment app opens access to cryptocurrencies via Bitpanda

The Lydia payment app has integrated Bitpanda's broker services. This will enable 5.5 million users to trade more than 170 digital assets with zero fees, CoinDesk reports.

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ForkLog 9 11.11.2021

Changpeng Zhao outlines plans to open Binance headquarters in France

Binance expects to obtain the status of a digital-asset service provider in France within six to twelve months, said its CEO Changpeng Zhao in an interview with Les Echos.

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ForkLog 8 19.10.2021

Bank of France tests CBDC in government-bond transactions

The Bank of France and a group of dealers conducted 500 transactions on primary and secondary government-bond markets using the national digital currency (CBDC) over ten months.

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ForkLog 9 01.10.2021

French regulator warns investors against dealing with illegal cryptocurrency firms

The French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) updated the list of unregistered companies involved in cryptocurrency investments.

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ForkLog 9 23.08.2021

Alexander Vinnik extradition to Greece unlikely before 2022

The extradition of the Russian national Alexander Vinnik from France back to Greece in the coming months will not take place. This was told to Izvestia by the convicted man's lawyer, Frédéric Belo.

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ForkLog 18 14.07.2021

French regulator proposes giving ESMA oversight powers over the crypto industry in the EU

The French financial markets regulator (AMF) proposed granting ESMA powers to oversee the crypto industry as part of a package of reforms to strengthen financial regulation in the EU.

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ForkLog 9 08.07.2021

France and Singapore tested CBDC in cross-border wholesale payments

The Bank of France and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have successfully completed an experiment using a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for wholesale cross-border payments and settlements.

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ForkLog 10 21.06.2021

Bank of France tests CBDC for equity settlements

The Bank of France, together with Swiss crypto bank SEBA, completed a pilot project for securities operations based on the national CBDC.

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ForkLog 14 10.06.2021

BIS joins CBDC testing in cross-border settlements

The BIS Innovation Hub, in collaboration with the monetary regulators of France and Switzerland, will conduct an experiment using a central bank digital currency in cross-border settlements.

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ForkLog 9 04.05.2021

OneCoin partner arrested in France

Luxembourgian citizen Frank Schneider, sought by U.S. authorities for fraud in the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid, has been detained in the French town of Audun-le-Tiche.

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ForkLog 12 19.03.2021

French authorities sold 0.11 BTC at auction for five times the market price

The French Ministry of Justice's Agency for the Management and Return of Seized and Confiscated Assets (AGRASC) sold 0.11 BTC at auction for €26,800 (~$31,900). Local journalist Grégory Raymond drew attention to it.

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ForkLog 11 18.03.2021

Major French retailer to launch euro-backed stablecoin

The Paris-listed retailer Groupe Casino will issue a euro-backed stablecoin Lugh (EURL) on the Tezos blockchain, according to journalist Grégory Raymond.

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