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 <p class="is-style-lead">The Autorité des Marchés Financiers says the initiative should help professionalize commercial <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="influence" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/influence.html">influence</a>.</p> 
 <p>France’s financial regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has revealed a new online general training course to grant legitimate influencers a certificate.</p> 
 <p>In a press release, the agency said the initiative should help “professionalize commercial <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="influence" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/influence.html">influence</a>, an activity that is now regulated by law.” Influencers should give at least 75% correct answers to 25 multiple-choice questions to pass the so-called Responsible Influence Certificate. However, to obtain the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="certificate" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/certificate.html">certificate</a>, <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="influencers" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/influencers.html">influencers</a> must also get the General Certificate, developed by the Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle de la Publicité.</p> 
 <p>The regulator emphasized the training module covers not only traditional investment products such as equities or ETFs, but also cryptocurrencies and crowdfunding.</p> 
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 <p>Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, chair of the AMF, said the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="certificate" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/certificate.html">certificate</a> would “protect investors from financial products that are too complex or too risky.”</p> 
 <p>The AMF has been actively pushing for crypto regulation since the beginning of the year. In June 2023, Barbat-Layani advocated the mandatory licensing regime for unregistered service providers, including crypto.</p> 
 <p>However, as of press time, France is considered a crypto-friendly hub for several cryptocurrency-related businesses, such as Binance and Société Générale’s crypto unit, Forge, which are registered with the AMF. The registration process includes audits of companies’ governance and anti-money laundering compliance.</p> 
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France introduces new certificate for crypto influencers

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