Proposed French tax on regulated stablecoins could drive crypto traders offshore

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The total crypto market fell 0.3% in the 4 hours after the first headline, after falling 0.5% in the 2 hours before.

$2.8T market cap at the headline
-0.5% 2 h before
-0.3% 4 h after
-1.6% 12 h after
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47 prices, one every 30 minutes · The move was larger before the first headline than after: an observation, not an explanation. The market also moves on things nobody publishes.

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