Mathieu Legrand

As Europe advances its mission to safeguard personal data, it walks a fine line between protection and prohibition. The European Data Protection Board’s latest blockchain guidelines seek to align decentralized technologies with GDPR — but risk crippling public blockchain innovation in the process.

Mathieu Legrand shares his observations from one of the key blockchain events of Europe, Paris Blockchain Week PBW 2025

Hamster Kombat expands its Web3 gaming ambitions with the launch of Hamster Network, a TON-compatible Layer 2 blockchain. This move aligns with Telegram’s exclusive adoption of TON, ensuring seamless integration. With new initiatives like HamsterVerse, the game aims to reignite player engagement.

Solv Protocol is set to launch its SOLV token on 17 January 2025, with listings planned on major exchanges. Although the project enjoys substantial investor backing and a surge in product demand, the occasion has been overshadowed by recent allegations of volume manipulations.

Quantoz is launching EURQ and USDQ, with Tether set to be delisted in Europe by the end of the year because it lacks an e-money license in a member state.

Deep, deep down, Litecoin's social media team know they're as far away from a memecoin as you can get — as evidenced by its tepid price action.

BlackRock's tokenized money market fund is expanding to new networks, three of which offer a 60% discount on management fees.

China releases a hard wallet for the digital yuan, as Amazon trials a tokenization concept that sees small businesses paid faster.