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Four masked men have held a family of four captive for more than three hours at their home in northern France and forced the father, an IT worker in the crypto sector, to transfer €40,000 in digital assets. According to…
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French police are seeking four suspects after a crypto worker and his family were restrained at home and roughly €40,000 in crypto was stolen.
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France’s Council of State has rejected an emergency request from Bull Bitcoin and Paymium to suspend the French decree implementing the European Union’s DAC8 crypto tax reporting rules while a separate challenge seeking to annul the measure remains before the…
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Chainalysis estimates France had $9.4 billion in potentially taxable crypto activity as DAC8 reporting expands in 2027.
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A couple in the southern French city of Alès have been tied up and threatened for more than two hours by two armed intruders who demanded cryptocurrency transactions before fleeing as police arrived. According to local media reports, the attack…
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A French couple has been kidnapped from their home in Rion-des-Landes in an alleged crypto extortion attack that left the man injured and led to two arrests. Actu Landes reported on Aug. 20 that several people entered the couple’s home…
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Revolut has secured a full banking licence in France, creating its second banking entity in the European Union as the fintech prepares to move more than 30 million Western European customers onto a Paris-based operation. The European Central Bank’s Governing…
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Two French crypto investors have been held captive in London for more than 52 hours in a kidnapping and extortion case that ended with five men convicted after the victims were forced to transfer $30,000 in cryptocurrency. The Daily Mail,…
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Polymarket has announced a French court challenge five days after regulators ordered internet providers to block the platform over gambling-loss and market-manipulation concerns. Reuters reported on July 22 that the crypto-based prediction market intends to contest the National Gambling Authority’s…
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Capital B plans a 10-for-1 reverse stock split in September, reducing its share count as the Bitcoin treasury company targets institutions.
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French police have arrested two suspected fraudsters accused of stealing about $1.8 million in cryptoassets from a wealthy couple during a fake villa sale after a year-long investigation. According to French newspaper Var-Matin, French police from the Gassin–Saint-Tropez gendarmerie arrested…
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CACEIS is reportedly in exclusive talks to acquire Meria as Crédit Agricole expands crypto custody, brokerage, and staking under MiCA.
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France reports 77 crypto-linked kidnapping and extortion cases this year as officials expand security plans and arrest about 200 suspects.
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EU MiCA licenses reach 244 as Germany and France lead rollout, while unlicensed crypto firms face July 1 service deadline.
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France will halt certification for products without quantum-safe encryption in 2027, pressuring crypto and key security vendors before 2030.
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Binance has been left relying on France as its last realistic route to secure a Markets in Crypto-Assets license after its expected authorization bid in Greece reportedly stalled ahead of the European Union’s June 30 deadline. According to a report…
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