Digital currency

"He who does not move does not feel his chains." Rosa Luxembourg’s phrase resonates strangely in the digital age. Digital currency today reveals invisible chains that many still do not perceive. Cash quietly disappears, replaced by a recorded, analyzed, and continuously interpreted world. Every transaction becomes data, and every data a lever of control. Privacy is no longer a moral luxury, but a political fault line. Institutions defend transparency as a condition of stability. Freedom advocates see privacy as a fundamental guarantee. This tension reshapes our relationship to power, trust, and individual autonomy. The central question is no longer just about technology, but about what we accept to reveal in order to exist. This text explores the existential battle of monetary privacy: protecting human dignity when everything becomes traceable.

According to a study by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, enthusiasm for cryptos has cooled. Indeed, only 26% of investors still plan to buy cryptos, compared to 33% in 2021. However, 27% still hold them, an unchanged level. There is less desire to buy more, but not necessarily a massive exit.

While cryptos wreak havoc in pockets and ideas, Francophone Africa plays a digital card... but wouldn’t this revolution have a little hint of the euro?

The ECB bites into Bitcoin: a scathing report, sharp criticisms, and a well-felt war of interests behind the scenes.

When 134 countries play sorcerer's apprentices with CBDCs, it is 98% of the global economy that enters a zone of digital turbulence.

The transition to the ECB digital euro aims to curb the crypto phenomenon and the decrease in cash usage.

Among cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and CBDC, KPMG paints a picture of the new sheriffs of the digital economy and their future impacts.

The SEC denounces the practices of the crypto industry. Discover the shocking revelations of one of its members, Gurbir Grewal.

Bitcoin Depot CEO Brandon Mintz predicts a global expansion of crypto ATMs with the rise of Bitcoin. Details!

Cryptocurrencies are taking off: Google displays crypto wallet balances and ENS simplifies addresses. Details!

Coin Metrics conducted a study on attacks against Bitcoin and Ethereum. The result: these cryptocurrencies are immune.

The World Economic Forum discusses CBDCs, raising concerns about state control and triggering various reactions.

During his campaign, Trump opposes the CBDC, claiming that it would give "absolute control over your money" to the federal government.

Unmissable event in Germany: MP Joana Cotar leads the Bitcoin initiative in the Bundestag for an enlightened policy.

"The 2024 season of the economic calendar has just begun. What are the events that will shake up the crypto market this year?"

The first Bitcoin transaction, a crypto-historic event, took place 15 years ago between Satoshi Nakamoto and Hal Finney.

Discover the recent progress in the framework of the Digital Euro project and the advancements of the rulebook development group.

As crypto continues to captivate global attention, Russia, under the guidance of Vladimir Putin, has just marked a historic turning point in the digital universe. By signing legislation that integrates the digital ruble into the tax code, Putin transcends the mere digitization of a currency. He takes a daring step, ushering in an unprecedented era that promises to deeply reshape the contours of the financial world.

Ensuring that the digital euro doesn't become a tool for surveilling Europeans. This is, in a way, the wish of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). These entities have recently called on the EU to establish a “privacy protection threshold” for cryptographic transactions in the euro. Let's take a closer look!

No cryptocurrency transaction should go unnoticed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), as they develop a suitable system to track cryptocurrency exchange flows throughout the European territory. Several European central banks have joined them in this initiative. Let's take a closer look!

After complying with the FSMA's decision, the Belgian regulator for cryptocurrencies and finance, Binance had to suspend its activities in the country back in June. Three months later, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange announces a triumphant return to Belgium. What has changed since then? Let's delve into it.