Sandrine Ayral
Bitcoin exchange in France shut down by police officers
A bitcoin exchange was dismantled on July 2nd and 3rd in southern France and its three co-founders arrested. 388 bitcoins were seized, which roughly represents 180 000 euros at press time. The authorities’ official communiqué states that this operation was carried out because of the ‘illicit’ nature of this exchange. According to this communiqué, the […]
European merchants can now accept bitcoin as a payment method
Last Monday, Paymium launched its merchant solution, to enable any online European merchant to accept bitcoin as a payment method. To do this, you only need to use Paymium’s API or plugins and you could accept bitcoin payments tomorrow. No worries, as a merchant, you won’t be exposed to the bitcoin price’s high volatility: with […]
Take-aways from the first French bitcoin hackathon
Last week-end, La Maison du Bitcoin hosted the very first French bitcoin hackathon, sponsored by Coinbase and Paymium. As a member of the jury and Coinbase spokesperson, I had the opportunity to take part in this event. Let me come back to the projects and ideas that emerged from these 41 hours of hackathon. 93 […]
La Maison du Bitcoin hosts the first French bitcoin hackathon
La Maison du Bitcoin is hosting the very first French bitcoin hackathon. It will take place on June 13-14-15th in the brand new coworking space, 35 rue du Caire, 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Many entrepreneurs are thinking about working on bitcoin projects in France, but so far only a dozen startups have been launched. The […]
As Bitcoin startups surge, Paris opens its first Bitcoin center
La Maison du Bitcoin opened its doors yesterday, right in the middle of the Sentier district of Paris – 35 rue du Caire. The space was created and will be run by Thomas France and Eric Larchevêque, two seasoned entrepreneurs and bitcoin advocates. They founded the price comparison and shopping app Prixing together in 2011. […]