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The Big Whale: It's been a big week for Deblock. You announced a €30 million fundraising round on 19 November, followed by the launch of your token the next day. Let's start with the first piece of information: what are you going to do with this
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Sorare is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history. According to our information, the French start-up specialising in fantasy football informed its teams on Thursday that an economic redundancy plan (PSE) would be launched. Around 35% of the company's hundred-strong workforce are expected to
The Big Analysis
Tokenisation is moving ahead at high speed. After stablecoins, it is now spreading to equities, bonds and even stock market indices. The S&P 500, buoyed by all-time highs, is becoming one of the new grounds for on-chain experimentation. But one issue is emerging: are all tokenised versions of
The Big Analysis
Tokenisation is moving ahead at high speed. After stablecoins, it is now spreading to equities, bonds and even stock market indices. The S&P 500, buoyed by all-time highs, is becoming one of the new grounds for on-chain experimentation. But one issue is emerging: are all tokenised versions of
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In brief * Bitcoin has lost more than 20% since its ATH, technically entering a bear market. * Two possible paths: a short correction or a full-blown post-halving bear market. * The macro context works in the opposite direction, however: monetary tightening is over, limiting the risk of a prolonged cycle. Has Bitcoin
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Switzerland likes discretion, especially when it comes to its finances. But behind the hushed tone and stated neutrality of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), a bold move seems to be taking shape: that of exposure, albeit indirect, but very real to Bitcoin. For several months, a debate has been running
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The party seems to be over, for a while at least. In the space of a few weeks, Bitcoin has lost more than 20% of its value, falling below the symbolic $100,000 mark in early November before stabilising at around $105,000. Ethereum and Solana have suffered even more,
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The debate on the taxation of crypto-assets has crept into the bill to establish a budget for France in 2026. Two amendments tabled by MPs Virginie Duby-Muller (Les Républicains) and Paul Midy (Renaissance) proposed creating a specific tax framework for governance tokens, crypto-assets giving voting or initiative rights over decentralised
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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.