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France’s National Assembly has rejected the revenue section of its proposed 2027 budget, removing several cryptocurrency tax and reporting amendments from the version of the legislation heading to the Senate. The November 4 vote saw 458 lawmakers oppose the revenue…
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Crédit Mutuel Arkéa says hackers used a third-party platform to make fraudulent transfers. The bank has not confirmed the $133M loss or crypto conversion.
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France’s National Assembly has approved a proposal requiring taxpayers to declare self-custodied crypto holdings worth at least €100,000 at year-end, with penalties reaching €10,000, as lawmakers debate the country’s 2027 budget. According to the National Assembly’s amendment, the obligation would…
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France delays its 2027 budget vote after lawmakers reject two crypto exit-tax proposals, while other digital asset tax measures remain under debate.
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France has proposed making regulated cryptocurrency platforms responsible for certain losses suffered by customers accessing decentralized finance protocols through their services, as part of proposed changes to the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. In a joint response to the…
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Capital B reports a $78 million first-half loss driven by Bitcoin impairment, while growing its treasury to 3,538 BTC by September 2026.
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French lawmakers have approved a proposal requiring individuals holding at least €100,000 ($112,000) in self custody cryptocurrencies to declare their assets to tax authorities or risk fines of up to €10,000. According to amendment I-CF821, adopted by the French National…
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French lawmakers have approved amendments to tax cryptocurrency conversions into stablecoins and allow investors to carry forward trading losses for 10 years as part of the country’s proposed 2027 budget. According to French National Assembly records, the Finance Committee adopted…
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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,…