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The Big Whale: You raised €25 million in September 2025, with PayPal among the investors In concrete terms, what has this enabled you to do? Mounir Laggoune: Initially, we really asked ourselves the question: are we building a bootstrap, self-sufficient company, or are we getting into a fundraising rationale? Our
The Big Analysis
Analysis of the market structure at the end of February reveals a basic trend: persistent stagnation, punctuated by episodes of technical volatility. Despite an attempt to break below the critical support of $65,000, Bitcoin was quickly bought back, confirming the importance of this threshold for traders. Fragmented and reactive
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The last quarter left no room for ambiguity: market sentiment towards digital assets remains lacklustre. But it is for Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) that the storm is most violent. While Bitcoin accumulation strategies are still putting up resistance, the market valuations of these players remain heavily depressed. What's
The Big Analysis
The last quarter left no room for ambiguity: market sentiment towards digital assets remains lacklustre. But it is for Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) that the storm is most violent. While Bitcoin accumulation strategies are still putting up resistance, the market valuations of these players remain heavily depressed. What's
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The soap opera surrounding the takeover of Exaion, EDF Group's high-performance computing (HPC) subsidiary, by US Bitcoin mining giant Mara, is entering a decisive phase. After months of negotiations, political controversy and debates over energy sovereignty, the deal is approaching its tipping point. As we revealed last week,
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It has been a week of procrastination for the crypto-asset market. After hitting a low of $59,930 on 6 February, Bitcoin appears to have traded in its legendary volatility for a narrow consolidation phase, hovering between $60,000 and $70,000. Despite an attempted $10,000 bounce, the buying
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The Big Whale: To begin with, could you remind us how the Digital Asset adventure came about? We're talking about a company that's already a decade old, which is an eternity in this ecosystem. Simon Letort: That's right, Digital Asset has been around for
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Key takeaways * Launched in July 2024, Canton listed its token on the main exchange platforms in November 2025. * During this seed phase, institutional participants in the ecosystem built up significant token positions. * Canton benefits from the support of major players in traditional finance, who are simultaneously acting as strategic investors
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The suspense was total until the last minute. After more than a year of discussion, US giant Apollo has decided to invest in Morpho, one of DeFi's leading lending protocols. The final details of the deal were signed on Friday evening. As soon as it was announced (Morpho
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This week has seen a flurry of activity in the digital asset equities market, punctuated by the much-anticipated earnings releases from Robinhood and Coinbase. These figures offer an unvarnished X-ray of the sector's still visceral dependence on market cyclicality, despite efforts to diversify. Robinhood: the paradox of stagnant
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The Exaion case is about to take a decisive turn. According to our information, Xavier Niel has been discreetly mandated by the Élysée to enter the capital of the current EDF subsidiary as part of its takeover by the American Bitcoin mining giant, Mara (formerly Marathon Digital Holdings). The objective
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The Big Whale: You obtained your licence last October. The market is now waiting for execution. When will we see the first IPOs on Lise? Mark Kepeneghian: The aim is to launch the first operation around the middle of the first half of 2026. The choice of the first company