French State Bank Bpifrance Plans $27M Investment in Digital Assets

Bpifrance, the French state-owned investment bank, has announced its plans to invest 25 million euros ($27 million) in digital assets to bolster the country’s blockchain industry. The bank will be purchasing and holding crypto tokens related to decentralized finance (DeFi) such as tokenization and staking.
This initiative aims to support local blockchain projects in their early stages to contribute to the growth of the blockchain industry in France. Bpifrance stated, “Having the ability to invest directly in digital assets is a significant advancement for us and a pioneering move among sovereign wealth funds.”
France has been establishing itself as a prominent crypto hub in 2022, taking proactive measures ahead of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. This strategy has attracted several major cryptocurrency companies to set up their European operations in the country.