CoinDesk takes a look inside La Maison du Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency education centre in Paris.
The regulations call for bitcoin exchanges and other companies to report the identity of transaction participants.
Authorities seized the funds when they raided an illegal bitcoin exchange in the south of France last week.
BitID allows bitcoin wallet owners to identify themselves and access websites using just their wallet address.
The French Ministry of Economy and Finance has stated that earnings from bitcoin transactions will be taxed.
Europe will get its first bitcoin centre this May, with the launch of La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris.
The upmarket chain plans to start accepting bitcoin on its website to raise awareness of digital currencies in France.
Top digital think tanks in France received a crash course in bitcoin from a local user this week.
A top French financial official is calling on the EU's ECOFIN council to consider far-reaching bitcoin regulation.
The French banking regulator intends to treat digital currency exchanges like any other payment service.
The Senate of France has held hearings into bitcoin and digital currencies, taking a mostly positive and investigatory approach.
If bitcoin exchanges become threatened out of existence, price discovery will still find a way.
French central bankers have joined their Chinese counterparts in issuing a warning against the risks of bitcoin trading.
Bitcoiners in Lyon, France, can now spend their digital currency on sushi rolls, smoothies and salads.