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A little over two months after the Euler Finance hack, Pablo Veyrat* looks back on this episode that could have taken Angle away. The co-founder of the French-origin protocol also talks at length about the future of the euro stablecoin, agEUR, as well as the challenges that await decentralized finance!

Buoyed by the arrival of MiCA regulations, the European Union is attracting crypto companies and investors. Since the beginning of the year, it is the geographic area that has attracted the most capital, ahead of North America. But this situation may not necessarily last.

For the past two years, the retail group has been multiplying its initiatives in the web3. And what are the results? We talked about it with its manager.

The Seychelles-based exchange platform announced on Tuesday that it had filed with the AMF to obtain its PSAN registration.

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‍The decentralized exchange platform (DEX) has been crushing the competition for a few years, but its lack of a business model could gradually cause it to lose ground. Some players like Curve could benefit from this.

In a long interview with The Big Whale, the CTO of the French unicorn comes back on the controversy that targets his new product and explains what it will be used for.

Commissioned by the government, MP Paul Midy (Renaissance) is studying ways to better finance French start-ups, especially in innovative sectors such as Web3. We talked to him about it.

Op-ed. According to Dramane Meite, who is Head of products Europe & US at crypto investment firm Hashdex, the MiCA regulation has allowed the European Union to position itself well on cryptos, but blind spots remain, particularly with regard to decentralized finance.

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In a few years, the number of applications and crypto exchanges has exploded in Europe. If some of them will succeed in developing, not all of them will survive, notably because of the lack of maturity of the market. Behind the scenes, maneuvers have already begun for buyouts.

In spite of their "bad" image, some jurisdictions still attract a lot of interest. The tax system, and especially the regulatory flexibility, have a lot to do with it.

The senators 🇫🇷 voted last night a new version of the law influencers with an important relaxation on cryptos. The Big Whale reports on a text that still needs to be validated in the joint committee, bringing together deputies and senators, to be definitively adopted.

The American exchange platform could buy a company already registered PSAN to accelerate its regulation process in Europe. At least two French start-ups have been approached, according to our information.

TRIBUNE. For the CEO of the Near Foundation, Marieke Flament, only web3, with the decentralization it allows, can counterbalance the power of artificial intelligence.

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Each month, The Big Whale will analyze a collection of NFTs. For this first one, NFT analyst Konohime* has chosen to look at Jack Butcher's Opepen Edition known as "Visualize Value".

The European Commission is preparing a directive that would prevent crypto holders from circumventing taxation in the 27 member countries.

For Alexander Stachtchenko, who is the co-founder of Blockchain Partner, the first cryptocurrency on the planet has, among other things, the advantage of being in limited quantity, and therefore deflationary, which favors savings (sobriety and long time) at the expense of consumption...

Michelin will launch a collection of 5000 NFTs with a dedicated club. This project should allow the French group to strengthen its links with the fans, according to one of its managers.

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Whether it's Ubisoft or Sony, most of the historical players in the video game industry are getting more and more interested in cryptos. They do it both for business opportunities, and also to counter the rise of 100% web3 players who no longer hide their ambitions...

For the first time, a bank has issued a stablecoin on a public blockchain. We investigated to learn more about this project.

Founded in 2014, the crypto platform Bitpanda has become one of the leaders in Europe. It is counting on MiCA regulation and the development of partnerships with traditional financial players to continue growing, as its deputy CEO explained to us in an interview.

Launched in 2022, the Franco-American startup offers a solution for internal payments (salaries, invoices...) in crypto and fiat currencies for businesses.