
Laurent Pignot
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Laurent Pignot has a passion for crypto-currencies and is dedicated to the popularization of these alternative assets. He particularly likes the decentralized and disintermediated dimension of these currencies. What drives him? The adrenalin linked to the investment game.
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Circle: Wall Street's new star - Crypto review
The issuer of the USDC made a sensational debut on the stockmarket, multiplying its valuation by 2.7 in a single day. However, behind this record IPO lies much more than just a stablecoin. Circle is building a tokenized, modular, regulated financial infrastructure — and it's ready to compete with the traditional banking system. We discuss this in the Cryptic Analysis, after this week's essential news.
June 12, 2025 at 01:56 pm IST
Bitstamp falls into Robinhood's hands - Crypto Recap
Robinhood is changing scale. By acquiring Bitstamp for $200m, the American fintech company is not only expanding its offering, but also taking over a historic pillar of the global cryptocurrency market to attack institutional and international markets. We discuss this in the Cryptic Analysis, after the main news to remember this week.
June 04, 2025 at 07:48 pm IST
Towards an oligopoly of validators on Ethereum? - Crypto Recap
Ethereum is at a turning point: after winning over financial institutions with its ETFs, the focus is now on institutional staking. With 3.3 million ether already in the coffers of major funds, the question is no longer whether institutions will get involved, but rather how they will do so. A key question arises: will this institutional wave be a blessing for Ethereum's decentralization or the beginning of an oligopoly controlled by a handful of financial giants? We discuss this in the Cryptic Analysis, after this week's essential news.
May 23, 2025 at 05:29 pm IST
Coinbase joins the S&P 500 giants - Crypto recap
Coinbase makes history. From a controversial crypto company targeted by the SEC to an official member of the S&P 500, the US exchange has made a spectacular comeback. Wall Street is no longer looking at crypto from afar: it is buying it, indexing it and distributing it in retirement portfolios. The inclusion of COIN in the world's most influential index marks the merger between traditional finance and Web3. We discuss this in the Cryptic Analysis, after the essential news to remember this week.
May 16, 2025 at 02:12 pm IST

Bitcoin widens the gap on Ethereum
The year 2024 cemented Bitcoin's position as the dominant asset in the crypto market. With its price doubling in twelve months, Ether grew at a much more modest pace, despite major technical advances. This divergence became more pronounced in early 2025, against a tense and uncertain macroeconomic backdrop. The divergence in performance between the two assets now raises questions about both their use and their perception by investors.
May 14, 2025 at 07:52 pm IST

Coinbase: Full house, but be cautious
Coinbase, the American champion of crypto-exchanges, is posting one good result after another. And yet, the stock is divisive. Should we be interested or pass? We take a closer look at Coinbase's fourth-quarter results for 2024.
February 18, 2025 at 03:00 pm IST
The $TRUMP token generates $100 million in trading fees - Crypto Recap
100 million dollars in less than two weeks. That's the astronomical sum generated by the $TRUMP cryptocurrency in transaction fees, while thousands of small investors lost money. Behind this cash machine, an opaque structure where the beneficiaries remain unclear, but where the imprint of Donald Trump is clearly present. We talk about it in Cryptic Analysis, after this week's essential news.
February 07, 2025 at 02:49 pm IST
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