Crypto: "The SEC offensive is a huge opportunity for Europe".
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A partner in the True Global Ventures fund (15 investments in Web3), Frank Desvignes believes that Europe should take advantage of recent decisions by the US financial regulator to try to attract more Web3 projects and investors.

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The Big Whale: In the space of a few days, the SEC has just made several decisions penalising staking activities and the stablecoin sector. What do you think about this?

Frank Desvignes: It's not that surprising. You have to bear in mind that we are only a few months after the FTX scandal which, it should be remembered, is an American player. So the US securities regulator wants to get tougher.

But more fundamentally, what's happening in the US shows just how important it is to have regulation. In the absence of clear rules, it's up to the regulator to define them as they go along, and there is no legal certainty.

These events are a huge opportunity for Europe. Many people are complaining about MiCA, and there are effectively some problems, but overall the European ecosystem will have clear rules.

Wouldn't other regions of the world also benefit? Asia and the Middle East come to mind...

Of course. True Global Ventures is a rather special fund because we are decentralised. The founders (around fifteen, editor's note) are spread around the planet, which gives us good visibility of the global market, and indeed things are happening outside North America and Europe.

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Grégory Raymond

Grégory Raymond is Head of Research and co-founder of The Big Whale. A specialist at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets, he has been covering the regulatory, institutional and technological developments of the sector since 2017 for an audience of decision-makers: ,banks, asset managers and fintechs. He is also the author of Bitcoin & Cryptos: L'enjeu du siècle (Talent Éditions, 2025), a book built around interviews with key figures from the ecosystem.

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Raphaël Bloch

Raphaël Bloch is CEO and co-founder of The Big Whale, an independent market intelligence platform on digital assets serving financial market participants through editorial coverage, research, a weekly briefing, and in-person events. He co-founded The Big Whale in April 2022. At the platform, he moderates and hosts institutional events bringing together banks, asset managers, custodians, and infrastructure providers on topics including staking, on-chain yield, stablecoins, DeFi lending, and tokenisation. He has moderated panels at events hosted in partnership with Bitwise, Everstake, Gemini, Morpho, Hexarq, Coinhouse, Delubac, Franklin Templeton, and the Ethereum Foundation, held in London and Paris between late 2025 and mid-2026.

Before founding The Big Whale, Bloch worked as a reporter at Les Echos from December 2016 to March 2020, then at L'Express from March 2020 to March 2022. He also previously worked at Reuters. Since September 2022, he has held a concurrent role as Business Analyst at BFM Business. He has been active in crypto journalism since 2016. He holds degrees from emlyon and the CFJ.

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