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The now high-profile "Mara-Exaion" deal could take a new turn. According to information from The Big Whale, the contract for the sale of Exaion to US bitcoin miner Mara Holdings contains a provision that has gone almost unnoticed but is fraught with consequences for EDF and France: for
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The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on 30 October the launch of a new phase in the digital euro project. After two years of preparatory work, the Eurosystem is now entering the technical phase, designed to prepare for a potential first issue by 2029. If the European regulation is adopted
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This analysis was carried out in collaboration with Castle Labs. Introduction Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) - or digital asset treasuries - have become an increasingly popular mechanism for attracting interest from traditional finance (TradFi) into major crypto-assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). We are now seeing a wave
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Financial players' interest in digital assets continues to grow. IBM intends to position itself at the heart of this dynamic. According to our information, the American group is preparing to launch, by the end of 2025, a crypto services platform for its institutional clients (companies and organisations), primarily banks.
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The Big Whale: Ledger has just presented a new Nano model. What does this product actually change? Charles Guillemet: The idea behind the new Nano is to continue developing our range while making our products more accessible. We've kept the concept of the e-ink touch screen, which significantly
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The Big Whale: You've just launched your stablecoin, EUROD, a project that ODDO BHF has been working on for over two years. Why this launch now? Have the announcements of other projects, in particular European consortia, prompted you to accelerate? Guy de Leusse: As you know, we'
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Artificial intelligence agents are gradually emerging as a new category of autonomous actors capable of interacting with the real world. These digital entities, equipped with reasoning, memory and access to external data, can search, book, pay or perform complex tasks without direct human intervention. Through the integration of digital wallets,
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After years of preparation and collaboration with European regulators, Lise has become the first French player authorised to operate a DLT TSS system (pilot regime). This licence, granted under the European pilot regime (DLTPR), allows Lise to combine the functions of multilateral trading facility (MTF) and central securities depository (CSD)
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Tempo has yet to launch its network, but its impact is already being felt. This blockchain, designed by Stripe in partnership with the Paradigm fund, has completed one of the biggest fundraisings in the sector since 2022. According to Fortune, Thrive Capital, led by Joshua Kushner, and Greenoaks led the
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We've seen signs of stress around private credit and US regional banks. Is this a real issue or just a passing warning? Yes, it is a real stress signal. In recent weeks, several players have announced bankruptcies or losses (First Brands, Tricolor, Zions Bank). All this shows that
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Speakers * Emma Lovett, Markets DLT & Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase * Michael Bentley, Cofounder & CEO at Euler Labs * Bilal El Alamy, Cofounder & CEO at Zaïffer DeFi vs TradFi: A Hybrid Future * "Full automation is a myth." Real-world assets need manual pricing and liquidity; a hybrid model
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It all began quietly on Wednesday, October 9 at 3 p.m. (Paris time). Beijing announced new restrictions on the export of rare earths, those materials essential to the manufacture of semiconductors and green technologies. From now on, any product containing more than 0.1% rare earths of Chinese origin