EXCLUSIVE: Binance France joins the Adan board

28.06.2023
EXCLUSIVE: Binance France joins the Adan board
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On Tuesday, the French subsidiary of the crypto giant was elected to the board of the main Web3 association in France and Europe. Other players such as banks Société Générale-Forge and Delubac were also elected.

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The results were in on Tuesday evening. After a few hours of a general meeting, the 200 members of the Association for the Development of Digital Assets (Adan) voted to renew the companies that will sit on their board of directors, and according to our information, several new players made their entry.

Among these newcomers is Binance France. The French subsidiary of the crypto giant has been elected as one of the 10 companies that will represent the trade association, which is the largest in the sector in France and Europe.

Binance France is a major player in France, with more than 200 jobs, but this election has some people scratching their heads. "Not sure it's the best idea," slips in one Adan member. The company, run in France by David Prinçay, is notably the target of a preliminary investigation for "aggravated money laundering". Binance refutes these accusations.

Other new players such as SG-Forge, the crypto subsidiary of Société Générale, and Banque Delubac have been elected to the Adan board. This is also the case for DLPK, parent company of Nortia, which specialises in solutions for wealth management advisers, as well as Cube3, which is the brand new incubator launched by the Cryptoast media.

Note that the last seat has yet to be decided. Nomadic Labs (Tezos) and Fireblocks have both tied. The result is expected on Wednesday. Meanwhile, retail giant Casino, which has many interests in Web3, was not elected.

Board members must now vote for Adan's president. The election is due to take place this Thursday, but as we revealed a few days ago, there shouldn't be much suspense as Frédéric Montagnon* (chairman of Arianee) has withdrawn his candidacy against the outgoing chairman, Faustine Fleuret. Faustine Fleuret, who is now the sole candidate, is expected to be re-elected by an overwhelming majority.

* Frédéric Montagnon is an individual minority shareholder in The Big Whale

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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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