Crypto

Winklevoss twins’ Gemini to enter French market as it threatens to move Dublin-based EU HQ

Crypto exchange has registered as a digital-asset service provider by French regulators, weeks after it said Ireland’s handling of EU could cost it its ‘competitive edge’

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: the twin brothers made famous by their depiction in the Social Network film about Facebook. Picture: Getty

Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by twin entrepreneurs Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, is planning to build on its European operation as it enters the French market, just weeks after threatening to move its EU HQ out of Dublin.

It joins other digital-asset firms building a presence in the European country after grappling with regulatory scrutiny in the US.

The company has been registered as a digital-asset service provider by the French financial markets regulatory, it ...