The Big News
The rise in crypto markets has done much to rekindle investor appetite, and well-positioned start-ups such as Bitstack are benefiting. The French start-up, which made a name for itself with its system of rounding up bitcoin on every spend, has just raised €5 million in a seed round. The round
The Big Talk
"I always thought companies and governments would embrace cryptos"
The Big Analysis
The sUSDe is an innovative product from the Ethena platform, described as the world's first native crypto "Internet Bond". The product is based on the synthetic stablecoin USDe, which is itself fully backed by crypto assets via a delta-neutral strategy. By staking USDe, users receive sUSDe,
The Big Analysis
The crypto payment card sector is undergoing a veritable renaissance in 2024. After the pioneers - Coinbase, Binance and Cryptocom - who have broken new ground in recent years, a new wave of innovators is shaking up the established codes. "The reason why cards have developed so much is
Open Editorial
The question today is no longer whether Bitcoin should be taken into account in our economic and geopolitical strategies, but how to use it to serve our country's strategic interests. Since its creation, Bitcoin has evolved from a mere technological curiosity to a genuine economic lever, as we
The Big Focus
They are still barely visible in our daily lives, but their impact is already being felt on a global scale. Stablecoins, digital assets backed by traditional currencies, are quietly but surely making their way into the world of payments. Boosted by their promise of immediacy, low cost and transparency, they
The Big Talk
"We want to create a decentralised equivalent of Visa".
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* Bitcoin surpasses $100,000 for the first time in history, reaching a new milestone in the cryptocurrency market. * The price of Bitcoin has more than doubled this year, rising over 120% since January. * The rally in Bitcoin is driven by factors such as increased investor interest, inflows from Bitcoin ETFs,
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* Long-collapsed crypto exchange Mt. Gox moved over 24,000 Bitcoin, worth nearly 2.47 billion, to an unknown address on Dec. 5. * The transfer occurred after Bitcoin reached a milestone of $100,000. * Mt. Gox's move came just 12 minutes after Bitcoin crossed $100,000 and before it
The Big Talk
"Family offices have never been so active in cryptos"
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* Grayscale Investments has filed with the SEC to launch a spot Solana ETF, aiming to improve investor access to Solana. * The Grayscale Solana Trust, under the ticker GSOL, would trade on NYSE Arca if approved. Summary : Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
The Big News
While many decentralised finance (DeFi) projects have a large contingent of French engineers in their ranks, few "bluechips" have established themselves in the industry like Morpho in recent months. Nevertheless, Usual seems to be following the same trajectory. The decentralised stablecoin issuer has raised $10 million in Series