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French Football Season To End With No Sports Until September

April 29, 2020

The French Football Federation (FFF) has said that all 2019-20 domestic leagues and competitions in the country will not resume, after Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced a ban on sporting events unti...

New French Gambling Regulator Moves Closer

March 6, 2020

L’Autorité nationale des Jeux (ANJ), has moved a step closer to replacing l’Autorité nationale de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) as France's principal gambling regulatory body, following the publicato...

France Says Libra Threatens Sovereignty Of States & Vows To Block It From Europe

September 12, 2019

France has said it will block the development of Facebook’s Libra stablecoin network in Europe. France vows to block Libra in Europe CNBC reported the bombshell announcement on 12th September, in which Fren...

France to Block Facebook’s Libra in Europe

September 12, 2019

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Thursday attacked Facebook’s Libra saying that the country would block the development of the digital currency in Europe. The ministry is concerned about Libra’s imp...

Bank of France has “Great Interest” in Stablecoin Initiatives

May 14, 2019

Regulators are not renowned for their great love of cryptocurrencies. Just last week, Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, attacked bitcoin, saying the cryptocurrency is not a currency a...

France Joins The Ranks Of The Blockchain Revolution

September 17, 2018

France attempts to use the blockchain revolution to kickstart a new entrepreneurial national ethos, with the passage of Article 26. The French government has adopted Article 26 of the Business Growth and T...

Germany and France to Push for Global Cryptocurrency Regulation at G20 Summit

January 18, 2018

Germany and France will jointly push for global Bitcoin regulation during the next ‎summit of the G20 in Argentina amid mounting alarm that the world’s most popular ‎cryptocurrency is being used by illegal gr...

AMF Continues Crackdown Against Unauthorized Binary Options Firms

December 14, 2017

The crusade of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) against unauthorized binary options trading activity has continued this December with its latest warning. The binary options space in 2017 continues to...

Global Cryptocurrency Regulation Update

December 11, 2017

As the cryptocurrency industry spreads across the globe and grows in popularity, governments are forced to take notice. Their responses continue to vary. India Last week, the Reserve Bank of India release...

AvaTrade Taps David Bottin as Managing Director of its French Unit

March 21, 2017

AvaTrade, an Ireland-based online provider of foreign exchange (FX) and contracts for difference (CFDs), has on-boarded David Bottin as the newest Managing Director of its French unit, FortuneZ has learned. ...