The city in France where you can now pay with crypto at over 100 merchants is Cannes. This is based on recent initiatives by the Cannes municipal government, led by Mayor David Lisnard, to encourage local businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments, targeting a 90% adoption rate among merchants by summer 2025.[](https://x.com/binance/status/1939323089713516992)[](https://www.globalgovernmentfintech.com/cannes-mayor-crypto-payments/)[](https://cointelegraph.com/news/most-shops-cannes-accept-crypto-summer-2025)