Paris Europlace, in partnership with Clifford Chance, is organizing the 2nd edition of Europlace Meetings, the new event format reserved for members.

This morning session will be dedicated to digital assets in France, and will be held on November 18 from 8:30 to 10:30 at Clifford Chance's offices.

Registration is compulsory, reserved for members and on request by writing to adherents@paris-europlace.com

Program

8:30 a.m.: coffee reception

Introduction :

• Olivier Vigna, Deputy Managing Director, Paris Europlace
  

9:00 am - 9:15 am: AMF keynote address

• Sébastien Raspiller, General Secretary, AMF
  

9:15am - 9:50am: "Digital assets in France in 2025: an overview".

A session that will provide an overview of recent advances, focusing also on crypto derivatives, the Banque de France 's and the European Central Bank 's projects on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the tokenization of monetary funds and the growing adoption of stablecoins and tokenized deposits. enne on central bank digital currencies (CBDC), the tokenization of monetary funds and the growing adoption of stablecoins and tokenized deposits.

Speakers:

• Quentin Archer, LCH
• Julian Clausse, Head of AssetFoundry (Digital Assets & Tokenization Platform), BNP Paribas
• Frederick Lacroix, Partner, Global Co-Head Financial Regulation Group, Clifford Chance
• Stéphanie Lheureux, Head of Digital Assets Competence Center, Euroclear
• Pierre-Dominique Renard, CBDC Experiments Lead manager, Banque de France
  

Moderated by Raphael Bloch, Co-founder, The Big Whale

9:50 am - 10:30 am: "Digital assets in France in 2026: the outlook

This sequence will discuss future trends: growing convergence between DeFi and TradFi, international regulatory and market developments, new market infrastructures under the pilot scheme, and opportunities linked to the Banque de France's Pontes and Appia initiatives.

Speakers:

• Faustine Fleuret, Head of Public Affairs, Morpho
• Mark Kepeneghian, Chief Executive Officer, Lise
• Daphnée Papiasse, Head of Public Affairs, Kulipa
• Selin Suntay, Venture Manager, Bpifrance

Moderated by Alexander Tollast, Counsel and Member of the Global Financial Markets and Tech Groups, Clifford Chance

Conclusion:

• Jonathan Lewis, Partner, Clifford Chance