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“7 charged in connection with heist on Netflix’s ‘Lupin’ set” Seven youths have been charged with armed robbery for their alleged roles in the brazen daylight attack on the French film crew of “Lupin,” a Netflix series about a burglar. Last month, a gang of about 20 hooded thieves threw fireworks at the crew and…
” ‘We don’t like our money:’ The story of the CFA and Bitcoin in Africa “ Nearly 150 million people use the franc of the Financial Community of Africa (CFA) on a daily basis, from Senegal in the extreme west to Gabon in the center of the continent. Used in 14 countries, the CFA is…
“# EU regulator calls for public input on DLT for trading and settlement ” The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is seeking stakeholder input on the use of distributed ledger technology for securities trading and settlements. The European Union’s securities regulator recently published a “call for evidence” to invite stakeholders to share their feedback…
“# Ubisoft pursues NFT initiative with aleph.im following fan backlash ” Earlier this year, gaming giant Ubisoft joined the aleph.im network as a core channel node operator after the blockchain-based storage and computing startup became a part of Ubisoft’s Entrepreneurs Lab. On Tuesday, aleph.im announced that it will offer a decentralized storage solution for Ubisoft…
“# Central Banks of France and Switzerland announce successful trial of digital Euro, Swiss Franc ” On Wednesday, the Banque de France (BdF), the BIS Innovation Hub (BISIH), and the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced the success of a pilot run of a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC), titled Project Jura. The project aimed…
“# French fintech startup Lydia raises $100 million in series C funding round ” French crypto-friendly fintech startup Lydia has raised $100 million in a series C funding round, as per a report in TechCrunch. The latest capital raise reportedly helped Lydia attain unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion. The $100 million…
“# Ubisoft launches Ubisoft Quartz platform for playable and energy-efficient NFTs ” French video game publisher Ubisoft announced its first foray into nonfungible tokens (NFTs) via a new platform called Ubisoft Quartz to launch in beta this week with Ghost Recon Breakpoint for PC players on Ubisoft Connect. Introducing Ubisoft Quartz We’re bringing the first…
“# French startup brings vintage wines to the NFT market ” Many exciting developments are coming to the space of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, ranging from metaverse NFTs to fantasy soccer digital collectible cards and up to monster-battle NFT games. In fact, Cointelegraph Research predicts NFT sales will hit a record high of $17.7 billion…
“# US firm WisdomTree lists crypto ETP on Euronext ” United States-based companies are increasingly listing cryptocurrency-based investment products in Europe, with asset manager WisdomTree getting another listing for its crypto basket exchange-traded product (ETP). On Dec. 2, WisdomTree listed its Crypto Mega Cap Equal Weight ETP on Euronext exchanges in Paris and Amsterdam. Trading…
“#Google to pay AFP for news after charged nearly $600M fine” Google has agreed to pay Agence France-Presse for news content following a nasty legal and regulatory battle that saw the tech giant fined nearly $600 million by French authorities. The deal comes after years of complaints by news publishers around the world about Google and…