Slowly, but surely. Rather discreet on matters relating to digital assets, CACEIS is pursuing its strategy. A few weeks after obtaining its MiCA licence, the Crédit Agricole Group subsidiary specialising in securities custody has just invested in French start-up Kriptown. This is a minority investment as part of an extension
In an unprecedented speech, the new chairman of the SEC, Paul Atkins, on Thursday unveiled the "crypto project", an ambitious set of measures aimed at propelling the United States to the rank of world leader in digital finance. It was a speech that could well mark a historic
What you need to know before you start Ostium is a decentralised trading platform built on Arbitrum. It mainly offers trading in perpetual contracts on traditional financial assets: commodities, currencies, corporate shares or even indices such as the S&P 500. Unlike most decentralised platforms that rely on an
"Linea wants to reconcile L2s with Ethereum"
What you need to know before you start Linea is a layer 2 of Ethereum that relies on a different approach to establish itself in an already dense market. Its positioning is based on four pillars: direct alignment with Ethereum, tokenomics designed for its users, privileged integration with Metamask and
This is not an insignificant trajectory. In the space of a few weeks, Sharplink Gaming, until then an American company specialising in affiliation for the sports betting sector, has metamorphosed into a financial vehicle centred on Ethereum. Under the leadership of Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and boss of Consensys,
What you need to know Launched in February 2025, HyperEVM is a general-purpose blockchain that operates independently of the Hyperliquid trading platform. The two projects are nonetheless linked: the stated ambition is to gradually bring the two layers together to build a coherent ecosystem, centred on decentralised finance. Still young,
"Confidentiality is the missing key to mass adoption of institutional services".
"We want to build a global network for payments and treasury".
Allowing customers to invest in digital assets has become a must have. Especially for fintechs and neobanks. According to our sources, French neobank Fortuneo could allow its clients to invest in cryptocurrencies. "It's a matter of months," explains a source close to the neobank. "We
Since its first trials with bitcoin in 2014, Stripe has always kept a close eye on crypto-assets as payment methods. After dropping support for BTC in 2018, the US company has relaunched its strategy, this time betting on stablecoins. The acquisition of startup Bridge for $1.5 billion marked a
Travel Rule: a new framework in force since 2025 The "Travel Rule" is an anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing measure introduced by the FATF (Financial Action Task Force). Recommendation 16 of the FATF requires financial institutions to transmit information on the sender and beneficiary when transferring funds. Originally