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For the first time in France, a house bought for 370,000 euros in Lyon...with cryptocurrencies

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The Editor

A house bought in Lyon with cryptocurrency? It’s now a reality! Thanks to a French startup, a buyer paid for their property in USDC while the seller received euros. The first crypto-euro transaction validated by a notary!

It's a little revolution in the very structured world of French real estate. It’s an exciting time for changes!

rave; Lyon, a buyer has just treated himself to a house worth 370,000 euros… by paying with his cryptocurrencies. More specifically, with USDC stablecoins, which are pegged to the dollar, so no wild rollercoaster rides like with bitcoin or ether. And here's the remarkable part: the seller received good old euros! All of this was skillfully orchestrated thanks to the Legibloq platform, developed by the French startup JBDA.

A win-win operation

Behind this first real estate purchase crypto-to-euro validated by a French notary, there is a clear goal: to show that blockchain can blend into the traditional system without disrupting it, but rather modernizing it. The funds were securely held in escrow, the origins meticulously verified, and everything was converted at the right moment to avoid any value swings. The result: the buyer paid with crypto, and the seller got reimbursed in euros!Bank in euros, and everyone is happy.

The ambition? To open a new era. Because while this transaction is a first, it certainly won't be the last. Thanks to the rise of notaries and specialized platforms, buying real estate with bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies could soon become a serious option for web 3 investors. And Lyon, perhaps unwittingly, has just taken a step into the real estate of the future.