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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
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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
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Last week served as a stark reminder of the close correlation that now links crypto-assets to the traditional technology sector. Driven by a major correction in artificial intelligence-related stocks (where giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and AMD saw their valuations melt away) the risk asset segment suffered a
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The market is experiencing severe turbulence. While the correction is affecting all assets, from precious metals to AI-related technology stocks (with AMD, Palantir and Microsoft posting declines of more than 10% from their peaks), one asset class is suffering a more marked disinterest: digital asset treasuries (DATs). At the
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The digital assets market is going through a period of severe turbulence. Since the start of the month, global capitalisation has begun a sharp decline, giving up a further 2.3% between Wednesday and Thursday, to stand at around $2.6 trillion. Bitcoin and Ethereum have not been spared, posting
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The Big Whale: Players like BlackRock and soon Amundi in Europe now dominate the crypto ETF landscape. How can a specialist player like Bitwise compete against their distribution power and operational efficiency? Matt Hougan: It's a legitimate question, but experience tells us that BlackRock's entry has
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The past week has been marked by an exceptional upsurge in volatility on all commodity markets, whether physical or digital. The figures illustrate the brutality of the movement: realised volatility for silver almost doubled in less than a month, rising from 65.72 on 5 January to 111.16 on
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The Big Whale: Qivalis arrives with a lot of ambition. Can you simply summarise the project's objective and explain why it is emerging now rather than two or three years ago? Jan-Oliver Sell: The objective is pretty clear: we are building a euro stablecoin issuer backed by