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ForkLog 21 15.03.2021

France urged to allow the central bank to buy bitcoin.

The president of ARK Ecosystem, François Turens, urged the French government to amend the republic's financial legislation and allow the central bank to buy bitcoin.

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ForkLog 25 12.03.2021

French authorities to auction seized bitcoins worth about $35 million

On March 17, the Agency for the Management and Return of Seized and Confiscated Assets (AGRASC) of the French Ministry of Justice will put up for auction about 611 BTC, valued at roughly $35 million, according to Cyberguerre.

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ForkLog 13 11.03.2021

French investment bank leads $9.5m funding round for Arianee blockchain project

The Arianee blockchain project, developing technology to verify the authenticity of luxury goods, raised $9.5 million. Seed round funding was led by the French national investment bank Bpifrance, a joint venture of the government agency EPIC BPI-Groupe and the French state bank Caisse des Dépots et Consignations.

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ForkLog 16 19.01.2021

Bank of France completes CBDC pilot worth €2 million

The Bank of France successfully tested a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in a pilot project involving the issuance of tokenised shares of a currency fund worth more than €2 million. The regulator used a private blockchain platform for this for the first time, according to the press release.

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ForkLog 23 14.12.2020

Bank of France: CBDC experiments will prompt a review of the regulatory framework

Planned tests by the Bank of France of the digital euro will determine whether the current legislative framework is adequate for the launch and circulation of a national CBDC. This view was expressed by Deputy Governor Denis Bo, writes The Block.

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ForkLog 13 09.12.2020

Media: France to Tighten Crypto Regulation

The French Ministry of Finance plans to strengthen KYC procedures for users of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and to regulate platforms that do not support fiat currencies, according to The Block.

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ForkLog 22 07.12.2020

Alexander Vinnik sentenced to five years in prison and a €100,000 fine

The Paris court sentenced Russian Alexander Vinnik, suspected of laundering at least $4 billion through the BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, to five years in prison and a €100,000 fine, according to RIA Novosti.

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ForkLog 15 19.11.2020

BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole to study interbank digital currency prospects

The investment divisions of the French banking giants have joined a joint project to study the potential and risks of using an interbank digital currency based on blockchain.

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ForkLog 6 23.10.2020

French prosecutor seeks ten-year prison sentence for Alexander Vinnik

During a hearing in the case of Russian national Alexander Vinnik in a French court, the prosecutor demanded that the defendant be sentenced to ten years in prison and fined 750,000 euros.

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ForkLog 9 22.10.2020

Ledger Vault to participate in France’s national digital currency project

Forge, the technology arm of the French banking giant Societe Generale, selected the Ledger Vault platform to test the security protocol for a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

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ForkLog 11 22.10.2020

French energy company joins Tezos ecosystem

The French state-owned energy company EDF Group, via its Exaion division, has joined the Tezos blockchain platform as a baker.

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ForkLog 11 20.10.2020

French finance ministry links cryptocurrencies to drug trafficking and money laundering

France's Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire announced amendments to the separatism bill, tightening regulation of cryptocurrencies. The official argues that tougher oversight will reduce opportunities for financing terrorism.

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