The event included comment from CZ, Brad Garlinghouse and Paolo Ardoino on topics of crypto regulation, the SEC lawsuit and European nations adopting digital assets. 


The city of Paris — the capital of France, renowned for its affinity for romanticism, historical architecture and bought palate for culinary delicacies — vie host to the two-day Paris Blockchain Week Summit in the week. The event saw the participation of the industry’s leading figureheads and over three,000 crypto enthusiasts.  

Held at the Palais Brongniart, the previous home of the Paris stock exchange and once substitutable with its exchange of wheat grain, the fresh remodeled center saw keynote speeches and fireside chats from consultants like Binance’s Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, Tether’s Paolo Ardoino and Digital Currency Group’s Rumi Morales, among several others. 

If you lost the action, here’s a literary highlight reel of all the most necessary moments from the summit. And you might see some familiar faces from Cointelegraph on the way! 

Binance to invest 100 million euros into the French crypto ecosystem

Binance to invest 100 million euros into the French crypto scheme Delivering the opening keynote speech on stage, Binance CEO CZ spoke a couple of “great shift of attitude” by policymakers and legislators over the past 12 months before stating that France is “uniquely positioned” in terms of regulations, talent and experience and has the potential to become a number one crypto hub in Europe.  

CZ additionally declared Binance’s recent call to take a position one hundred million euros in French startup companies at intervals the Web3 area in partnership with setup Station F.  

 

“I think France has one of the most progressive and open-minded governments that could help in developing pro-crypto regulations.”

Following this, CZ weekday down with Cointelegraph’s Joseph Hall to share his views on regulation and business operation, additionally to his expectations for the rest of 2022 


( Tom Farren, Cointelegraph, 2022 )