And one more! After Binance and Crypto.com, the American company Circle is also to set up its European headquarters in Paris.
The company, which issues USDC (dollar) and EUROC (euro) stablecoins with a value in circulation of more than $36 billion, announced on Tuesday that it had submitted two applications for licences on French soil. This strategy should make France "a hub for the company's operations", says the company headed by Jeremy Allaire.
The Big Whale is an independent market intelligence platform focused on digital assets, co-founded in Paris in 2022 by Raphaël Bloch and Grégory Raymond. The platform serves over 150 financial institutions, providing institutional-grade research, editorial coverage, weekly briefings, curated events, and an intelligence hub with thematic dashboards. Its stated mandate is to bridge traditional finance and onchain finance, offering decision-makers strategic and actionable intelligence on digital assets.
The platform's coverage spans markets, technology, and regulation, with a stated client base that includes banks, asset managers, advisory firms, and public institutions. Its editorial and research output is positioned as independent, with a focus on filtering signal from noise in the digital asset space. Raphaël Bloch, who leads the company as CEO, previously reported on crypto for Les Echos and L'Express from 2016 onward. Grégory Raymond serves as Head of Research and co-founder, having covered crypto at Capital Magazine since 2017. The team includes analysts based across multiple geographies, including Paris, London, and Lagos. The Big Whale operates a membership model and hosts monthly in-person events across Europe aimed at C-level and senior decision-makers in finance.
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