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Lithuania-licensed crypto payments app Brighty brokered over 100 property deals worth $500,000 to $2.5 million across UK, France, and Malta for wealthy clients spending $50,000 monthly, with euro-backed stablecoin transaction sizes jumping from €15,785 in Q3 to €59,894 in Q4 as buyers favor EURC over USDC to eliminate conversion costs for European purchases.
France, via Banque de France, ESMA, AMF and ECB, has seen Lise secure a DLT TSS license under the EU Pilot; Stock trading and Exchange custody run on a ledger with instant settlement, and IPO access for SMEs has expanded, with early-2026 debuts planned and backing from BNP Paribas and Bpifrance.
French elite GIGN forces freed a Swiss hostage and arrested seven suspects in a cryptocurrency ransom plot near Valence-TGV station using nearly 150 officers, marking the latest incident in France's emergence as a global hotspot for crypto-linked violent crime with at least ten cases since January.
French investigators have charged 25 suspects after a string of crypto kidnapping plots targeting Paymium’s CEO, a poker player’s family, and other high-value holders. Delivery-van disguises, €7 m ransoms and finger mutilation show rising physical danger for crypto wealth worldwide.
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