Research
21 Apr 2021
Revised FATF Guidance applicable to virtual assets and VASPs
Adan responds to the FATF's updated "Guidance for a risk-based approach to virtual assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers."
20 Apr 2021
Ecological impacts and challenges of blockchain technologies
What are the characteristics and differentiating factors affecting energy consumption resulting from the use of blockchain technologies? How will their ecological impact evolve in the future?
20 Apr 2021
Ecological impacts and challenges of blockchain technologies
What are the characteristics and differentiators affecting energy consumption resulting from the use of blockchain technologies? How will their ecological impact improve in the future?
14 Apr 2021
Interview of Sebastien Couture for SMART TECH
Replay of the SMART TECH programme in which Sebastien Couture spoke about the future of digital assets.
14 Apr 2021
Interview by Faustine Fleuret for LexisNexis
In this video, Faustine Fleuret, William O'Rorke and Alexandre Lourimi present their book "Droit des crypto-actifs et de la blockchain" (Crypto-asset and blockchain regulation) co-authored with Alice Barbet-Massin and Claire Pion in which practical solutions with examples from the field are given for each legal questio
12 Apr 2021
Stablecoins: The digital transformation of money?
We are pleased to co-host a conference with the LaBChain consortium on stablecoins. It will cover a wide range of topics, including the state of the art of the sector, use cases and applications for DeFi, advances across the Atlantic, and will reveal the major challenges facing the French and European industry today.
08 Apr 2021
Taxonomy of blockchain-based crypto-assets
This paper presents a taxonomy of cryptoassets existing on open blockchains.
07 Apr 2021
DASPs: AML/CFT framework strengthened
The publication of Decree No. 2021-387 of 2 April 2021 reinforces the AML/CFT framework for DASPs.
01 Apr 2021
Adan welcomes the authorities’ recognition of problems faced by crypto companies in obtaining access to bank accounts
The ACPR-AMF Fintech Forum allowed the "Access to cryptoasset accounts" working group to be created, bringing together Adan, the cryptoasset industry, the banking industry and the French authorities. Despite its positive conclusions, the FBF and the participating banks disassociate themselves from the group's the work.