Le Cercle du Coin Creates a ‘Bitcoin Boulevard’ in Paris

Starting on Nov. 17, merchants at the Passage du Grand Cerf will be the first Parisian marketplace to accept Bitcoin, with 20 shops already preparing for its acceptance. These shops will be added to Paris’s growing list of Bitcoin-accepting shops and will be accepting both fiat and Bitcoin with the help of several Bitcoin groups. The Passage and Bitcoin. With the help of France’s Cercle du Coin Bitcoin club and La Maison du Bitcoin by Ledger, the merchants of the Passage are welcoming Bitcoin as an additional and alternative way to pay without suffering heavy fees and rates for....

Paris has recently demonstrated that it can keep up with the big guys and could prove a threat to London’s status as lead FinTech hub. Earlier this week Paris hosted its Paris Fintech Forum, which saw over 1,500 bankers, investors, and entrepreneurs gathering to discuss the potential of FinTech in France. Tripling its turnout compared to last year’s event, it looks as though Paris is taking advantage of U.K.’s recent Brexit vote – and Britain’s Supreme Court ruling stating that Prime Minister Theresa May needs MP votes to trigger Article 50 – and are increasing pressure within the....

According to a French report from a blog operated by Bernard Debré the député of the National Assembly of France and a member of the of the Union for a Popular Movement in Paris, Debré wants to ban Bitcoin in the city. The bureaucrat recently found out from a survey he participated in that drugs can be bought with the cryptocurrency online with just a few clicks. Bernard Debré Believes the Darknet is a ‘supermarket where you can buy everything’ So Bitcoin Should Be Banned in Paris. Bernard Debré, MP LR Paris who participated in this recent French-based survey is concerned drug trafficking....

Paris politician Bernard Debré, the deputy of the National Assembly of France and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement in Paris, has stated that Bitcoin should be banned in the city, according to a local report. Recently, the bureaucrat participated in a French-based survey, conducted by the magazine Current Values, where he discovered that drugs can be bought online with the cryptocurrency in just a few clicks, highlighting his concern about the rise of drug trafficking via the internet. When questioned by the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve what should be done about the....

The race is on between European cities including Frankfurt, Dublin and Paris for London's finance crown following the Brexit vote. Just a day after the vote result was announced last week, Ireland's foreign investment agency had already contacted more than a thousand investors letting them know the Emerald Isle is part of the European Union and will remain so, while offering assistance in moving staff over from the United Kingdom. Although this is all very premature as Article 50 is yet to be triggered and when it is, there will be up to two years of negotiations, these other major....