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For entrepreneur and investor François-Xavier Thoorens, bitcoin is becoming a major issue. He has launched a petition calling on France to set up a strategic reserve.

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Francois-Xavier Thoorens

Francois-Xavier Thoorens is CEO and CTO at Vaultys, a position he has held since January 2022. Vaultys develops solutions for digital identity and access management, including a secure keyring designed as a pass to the decentralised web, and targets the elimination of phishing through its identification products. The company, headquartered in Haguenau, France, has raised $600,000 in total funding. Thoorens holds a majority stake of 51% in the company.

Prior to Vaultys, Thoorens co-founded ARK Ecosystem in October 2016, an open-source, TypeScript-based layer-1 blockchain protocol, where he served first as Co-founder and Head of Development, then as Co-founder and CEO until June 2021. He also served as a Core Developer at Lisk from May to August 2016, contributing to blockchain network stabilisation and user interface improvements. Between September 2014 and March 2022, he co-founded Donatio, where he led development of accounting management software for donations. Earlier, he was CEO at Sigmeus from June 2014 to January 2017. Thoorens is a graduate of Télécom SudParis.

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