I think the story is more about it being the first just further normalizing. Whether it’s good for bitcoin or not. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I think it's good. Bitcoin services are attractive and they provide private banks with a competing model to CBDCs.

Yes. But my question was “WILL the French be allowed to self-custody?” Note the future tense. My concern is that offerings like this will capture ₿ within the banking system, which would be antithetical to Satoshi’s original purpose for it.

Well, hard to stop.