Industry Report: How China, France, and the FBI Do Bitcoin
China loves digital currency, France wants to fight it, and the FBI doesn’t know how to handle it. Want to catch up on your latest digital currency news? Check out the stories below. CHINA. China has proposed a new civil law that recognizes the people’s right to own virtual assets. This includes bitcoin and additional cryptocurrencies. The civil code was introduced in the National People’s Congress on June 27 and states that all virtual and physical financial entities possess equal status. In other words, you can own bitcoin, and you can own yuan. Either way, they’re both money and they’ve....
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A new report suggests that China could push the U.K. off the FinTech top spot as Chinese companies overshadow U.K. firms. The report, from KPMG and H2 Ventures, found that compared to 2015 there were only 13 U.K. firms in the yearly FinTech 100 report. In 2015, that number is reported to have been 18. However, only one U.K. firm, Atom Bank, was reported to be in the top ten. Compared this to Chinese companies and while the report detailed that there were eight firms listed in the top 100, four of them made it to the top five. These are Ant Financial, Qudian, Lufax, and ZhongAn. Of course,....
The central bank of France - aptly named Bank of France - has issued a warning to the general public about the risks of getting involved with digital currency bitcoin. The bank has said that "even if bitcoin is not currently a credible investment vehicle and therefore do not pose a significant risk to financial stability, they represent a financial risk for those who hold them". In other words, you may lose all your money. Thankfully, the Bank of France (and the French government) haven't imposed any sort of regulation or bans (we're looking at you, China). It seems as if this is more of....
Bitcoin France has joined the Bitcoin Foundation as its newest international chapter. The Bitcoin Foundation also has chapters in Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, The Netherlands, Romania, and Slovenia. The Association Bitcoin France is headed by Philippe Rodriguez, the President of Bitcoin France. France has been one of Europe's Bitcoin hubs for years now. Paris is even home to a Bitcoin embassy and Bitcoin startup incubator known as la Maison du BTC. Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, Jon Matonis, had this to say about Bitcoin and France: France is a....
France’s central bank has released a new report on financial stability in an era of digitization that multiple times touches on virtual currencies and blockchain technology. The report notes that the Banque de France is conducting its own research into the topic in cooperation with the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a body of central bank governors and government officials from the G-20 group of nations. The FSB highlighted its work in the area in February, and more recently, has been looking at the technology through the lens of financial innovation. According to a loose translation of....
Philippe Lemoine reveals his report on 'The Digital Transformation of the French Economy' where he suggests as much as 180 proposals in order to shake up France's technology sector, among which figures the need of developing a secure, cost-effective and anonymous payment solution based on the blockchain technology. Earlier this month, Philippe Lemoine, CEO of French online business LaSer and serial entrepreneur, revealed his report entitled 'The Digital Transformation of the French Economy,' which he was assigned by the government back in January. It took Lemoine 9 months to research and....