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TBW - Fatih Balyeli: "Exaion and EDF want to become the essential blockchain partner for financial institutions"
"Exaion and EDF want to become the go-to blockchain partner for financial institutions"
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TBW - EXCLUSIVE: Libra memecoin team plotted Nigerian expansion
How far will the Libra scandal go? While it's still too early to tell, the case of the fraudulent memecoin promoted by Argentine president Javier Milei continues to gain momentum. On Monday, several US law firms, including Bruwick Law, announced that they intend to launch class action lawsuits
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TBW - Series A: Cryptio raises a further $15 million
As the crypto sector continues to grow, so do the needs of businesses. Beyond exchange and custody services, auditing and accounting are becoming essential to ensure the traceability of transactions. "Business accelerated in 2024," stresses Antoine Scalia*, founder and CEO of Cryptio, considered one of the leaders in
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TBW - Web3: the French ecosystem faces up to its challenges
What is the state of French Web3? This is the central question that Doors3, Banque Delubac & Cie, Finance Innovation, Stack Talent and ADAN set out to explore through an in-depth survey of 73 players in the sector. This study, published this Tuesday, offers an exhaustive analysis covering the financial
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TBW - DFNS raises $16 million in Series A
In the world of digital asset preservation, there are a few giants such as Ledger and Fireblocks, but DFNS is gradually making its mark. Boosted by good momentum in 2024, especially towards the end of the year as markets rose, the start-up based between Paris and New York has just
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TBW - Crypto personalities of the year 2024
Larry Fink (BlackRock) Larry Fink, the iconic CEO of BlackRock, has established himself as a key figure in the crypto ecosystem, redefining institutional investment around Bitcoin. Under his leadership, BlackRock paved the way for ETF Bitcoin Spot, establishing a rational framework for integrating this previously marginalised asset into traditional portfolios.
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TBW - EXCLUSIVE: BPCE will allow its customers to invest in crypto assets in 2025
After maintaining a low profile for years, BPCE is set to significantly accelerate its cryptocurrency initiatives. According to our information, the French bank will enable its clients to invest in digital assets starting in 2025. BPCE will deploy this initiative through its crypto subsidiary Hexarq, which will launch an application
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TBW - Tether invests in StablR to continue operating in the EU
This is clearly what is known as going out the door and coming back in through the window. After announcing in the autumn that it was withdrawing from the European Union because of MiCA regulations, Tether, which is the issuer of the largest dollar stablecoin on the planet with $140
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TBW - Bitcoin savings: Bitstack raises €5 million
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
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TBW - Stablecoins: Usual raises $10 million in Series A
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
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TBW - With Safenet, Safe aims to offer a decentralised alternative to Visa and MasterCard
Payment is decidedly a hot market for crypto players. The launch of the Safenet network by Safe, a leading provider of Smart Wallets for crypto institutions, is yet another example of this. Presented on 3 December as a "decentralised transaction processor network", Safenet's aim is simple:
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TBW - Bitcoin at $100,000: the consecration of a financial revolution
5 December 2024 will go down in the history of the financial markets. For the first time, Bitcoin broke the symbolic $100,000 barrier. This figure, long seen as a fantasy or an unrealistic prophecy, now reflects a profound change. Bitcoin is no longer the marginal asset reserved for the