Interview
Equisafe: Full Sale of Title Deed Through Blockchain
“30 minutes from account creation to Digital Securities Issuance. 1 minute to swap the securities to investors”, says Bilal El Alamy, Equisafe CEO […]
france
real estate
Upmarket Mansion To Be Sold for Tokens €6.5 A Piece
An upmarket property in western Paris is to be tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain and sold for €6.5M. It is called The AnnA villa, it is located in Boulogne-Billancourt. The project is managed by Equisafe. […]
bank
French Societe Generale Issues €100m of Covered Bonds as Security Token on Ethereum Blockchain
French investment banking giant Societe Generale has announced that it has issued the first covered bond as a security token on a public blockchain. Covered bonds are debt securities issued by a financial institution and […]
regulation
French Law Firm and Blockchain Company Form Working Group on Real Estate and Tokenization
France is a country that is pursuing a regulated path for the tokenization of securities. The Pacte Law (Loi PACTE) is predicted to be signed into law at some point this spring. The legislation will […]
regulation
France Pushes for Mandatory Identification Requirements for all Digital Asset Owners
Financial regulators in France have called for increased regulations concerning digital assets. While they do see several advantages in the integration of blockchain and finance, they have advised for increased regulations to eliminate the anonymous […]
digital assets
Special: France Allows Blockchain Trading. Who Is Ready?
France’s finance minister unveiled a decree to allow the trading of some non-listed securities using the blockchain technology. In the review below we look at real world cases in the regulation of blockchain assets – […]
sto
First STO in Compliance with EU Regulation Launched
DESICO plans to conduct its own security token offering (STO) commencing on November 7, 2018. Based in Paris, France, and in Vilnius, Lithuania, DESICO is a platform that enables the issuance and trading of tokenized […]