Raphaël Bloch - The Big Whale

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Raphaël Bloch is co-founder and CEO of The Big Whale, a news platform focused on cryptocurrencies. A former journalist at Reuters, Les Echos, and L’Express, he is a graduate of emlyon and the CFJ.

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News

MEV Capital: Anatomy of a collapse and takeover by Belem Capital

Takeaways

Onchain Finance: Banks and Fintechs in Action

Interviews

Jan-Oliver Sell (Qivalis): "We are building the European infrastructure for the euro on-chain"

Interviews

Huy Nguyen Trieu (ADI Foundation): "The stablecoin dirham must become a global benchmark".

Interviews

Jérôme de Tychey (Cometh): "DeFi will not escape regulation".

Interviews

Brian Armstrong (Coinbase): "We clearly see Europe as a growth market"

News

EXCLUSIVE. BPCE now allows its customers to buy and sell cryptos

Takeaways

From ETPs to Staking: taking advantage of on-chain finance

Interviews

Alexandre Roubaud (Bitstack): "AG2R La Mondiale's investment confirms the institutionalisation of bitcoin"

Takeaways

From returns to derivatives: at the heart of the institutionalisation of cryptocurrencies

News

EXCLUSIVE: Sorare to cut a third of its workforce

News

EXCLUSIVE: Mara's Exaion acquisition includes clause barring EDF from AI and Bitcoin Computing

News

EXCLUSIVE: IBM launches crypto services platform for businesses

Interviews

Guy de Leusse (ODDO BHF): "EUROD holders will be able to generate onchain returns".

News

Onchain exchange: Lise obtains approval, the race accelerates in Europe

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EXCLUSIVE: Amundi enters the crypto ETF race

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Stablecoins: Santander takes the reins of a mega-consortium

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Exclusive. Sorare joins the Solana blockchain

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Exclusive. Big Bang at The Sandbox: founders dismissed by Animoca

News

After bitcoin, ether hits a new all-time high

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Digital euro: the ECB tempted by public blockchains

News

EXCLUSIVE: Tokenisation: CACEIS (Crédit Agricole) acquires a stake in Kriptown

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United States: SEC Chair wants to move Wall Street onchain

Interviews

Rand Hindi (Zama): "Confidentiality is the missing key to mass adoption of institutional services".

Interviews

John Egan (Stripe): "We want to build a global network for payments and treasury"

News

EXCLUSIVE. Fortuneo could allow its customers to invest in cryptos

News

Genius Act and Clarity Act: The United States adopts 2 historic pieces of legislation on cryptos

News

Tokenised money market fund: Spiko raises €18.5 million in Series A

News

EXCLUSIVE: Revolut chooses Morpho for its DeFi yield offer

Interviews

Dominic Williams (DFINITY): "We're going to have AI agents that are both autonomous and auditable".

News

EXCLUSIVE. UK set to open crypto ETNs to retail investors

News

EXCLUSIVE: SG Forge to launch a dollar stablecoin, a world first for a banking group

Interviews

Gerry Afentakis (Zodia Custody): "Asset custody is the cornerstone of digital finance"

Interviews

Stanislas Barthélémi (Adan): "We're moving towards hybrid finance with banks and crypto"

Interviews

Kean Gilbert (Lido Finance): "Institutional confidence in Ethereum reaches all-time high"

Interviews

Adam Back: "When Strategy Reaches a $1 Trillion Market Cap, They Will Have Unlimited Strategic Options"

Interviews

Mike Silagadze (EtherFi): "We're building a true banking alternative on crypto rails"

Interviews

Mike Reed (Franklin Templeton): "Our money market fund serves as a crypto savings account"

Interviews

Teddy Pornprinya (Plume Network): "Asset tokenisation will take off when there is more onchain cash".

News

Bpifrance wants to double its investment in blockchain start-ups by 2029

Interviews

Paul Brody (EY): "Every bank will launch its own stablecoin"

News

EXCLUSIVE. BlackRock among winners of Sky's (ex-MakerDAO) $1 billion tender

Interviews

Konstantin Richter (Blockdaemon): "Demand from US banks has tripled in just a few months"

News

EXCLUSIVE. Flowdesk raises $52 million, BlackRock is part of the deal

News

EXCLUSIVE: Libra memecoin team plotted Nigerian expansion

Interviews

Cassie Craddock (Ripple Europe): "We want to provide an end-to-end infrastructure for financial institutions".

News

Series A: Cryptio raises a further $15 million

Interviews

Evan Auyang (Animoca Brands): "The arrival of the Trump Administration makes the United States a new priority for us"

News

Web3: the French ecosystem faces up to its challenges

Interviews

Pierre Person (Usual Labs): "This episode does not call into question the solid foundations of Usual"

News

DFNS raises $16 million in Series A

News

EXCLUSIVE: BPCE will allow its customers to invest in crypto assets in 2025

News

Tether invests in StablR to continue operating in the EU

News

Bitcoin savings: Bitstack raises €5 million

Interviews

Joseph Lubin (ConsenSys): "I always thought that companies and governments would adopt cryptos"

Interviews

Lukas Schor (Safe): "We want to create a decentralised equivalent of Visa"

Interviews

Eliézer Ndinga (21Shares): "Family offices have never been so active in cryptos"

Interviews

Adeniyi Abiodun (Mysten Labs): "We're building something bigger than Ethereum"

Interviews

Mo Shaikh (Aptos Labs): "We have surpassed the capabilities of Visa, Mastercard and American Express".

Interviews

Thomas Klocanas (BlockTower): "Trump's arrival has changed everything for crypto in the US"

News

Crypto "neobank": Deblock raises €16 million

News

Rise raises $6.3 million to expand in Europe

Interviews

Gillian Lynch (Gemini): "We've arrived in France at the best possible time".

News

Goldman Sachs to spin off its crypto platform to accelerate development

News

Airdrop Linea: Launch of the token by the first quarter of 2025

News

Kaiko acquires Vinter to accelerate crypto indices in Europe

News

UBS launches a tokenised money market fund on Ethereum

Interviews

Yorick de Mombynes: "Trump is contributing to the rise of Bitcoin but is sawing off the branch he's sitting on"

Interviews

Diederik van Wersch (Chainalysis): "Adoption is not just measured by the price of bitcoin".

Interviews

Rune Christensen (Sky): "USDS enables us to capture the returns from both DeFi and TradFi"

News

Stablecoins: Stripe buys Bridge for $1.1 billion

Interviews

Mario Stephan (MSF): "Staking is a very interesting alternative financing model".

Interviews

Karl Chappe-Gatien (High Stakes Capital): "DEXs like Hyperliquid will gain in popularity".

Interviews

Mark Kepeneghian (Kriptown): "BNP Paribas' investment is a strong signal for tokenisation".

News

BNP Paribas invests in Kriptown to create the first tokenised stock exchange

Interviews

Deep Shah (Gnosis Pay): "We will soon be accepting dollars with the USDC".

Interviews

Haseeb Qureshi (Dragonfly): "New York has become the crypto capital of the world"

News

Crypto: Hong Kong continues to blow hot and cold

Analysis

Taxation, ETFs, major groups: a deep dive into the Japanese crypto ecosystem

News

Token2049 expects a record 2024 edition

Interviews

Cristiano Ventricelli (Moody's): "There should be a system for rating the risks associated with blockchains"

Interviews

Chintan Turakhia (Coinbase Wallet): "Blockchain makes money much more efficient"

Op-eds

TOKEN2049 announces initial lineup for 2024 Singapore event

News

Morpho raises $50 million from over 50 funds

Interviews

Salvador, BlackRock, Worldcoin: Interview with Cryptio, one of the leaders in crypto auditing

Interviews

VIDEO - Ledger Flex, Ledger's new digital wallet

Interviews

Jean-Marc Stenger (SG Forge): "The market will be structured around 5 or 6 global stablecoins".

News

After Bitcoin Spot ETFs, Ethereum Spot ETFs arrive on Wall Street

Interviews

Arthur Breitman (Tezos): "Layer 1s have no choice but to succeed or die".

Interviews

Philippe Meyer (BBVA Switzerland): "Cryptos are becoming assets like any others"

Interviews

Christian Rau (Mastercard): "Stablecoins are a major revolution".

News

EXCLUSIVE. Yield App bankruptcy: at least $300 million frozen

Interviews

Sébastien Borget (The Sandbox): "We could grow faster with airdrops, but that's not part of our philosophy".

News

Ethereum: SEC drops its proceedings

News

Bitstamp bought by Robinhood for $200 million

Analysis

Blockchain: traceability back in favour?

News

Europe: Binance to restrict access to unregulated stablecoins

News

Digital assets: France's Metav.rs becomes Power

Analysis

Joseph Lubin: "The SocialFi wave has only just begun".

News

Ledger Stax: after more than a year's delay, they're here!

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