Bitcoin News 📰 🇫🇷 French banking giant BPCE has launched Bitcoin buying and selling services for 2 million retail customers through its Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne apps, managed via subsidiary Hexarq’s digital asset accounts with a €2.99 monthly fee and 1.5% transaction commission, aiming to reach 12 million users by 2026 amid growing competition from European banks like BBVA, Santander, and Raiffeisen, as well as fintechs such as Revolut. Source:

French Banking Giant BPCE to Roll Out Crypto Trading for 2M Retail Clients

The service will allow customers to buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDC through a separate digital asset account managed by Hexarq.

🇺🇸 Texas based Monet Bank, a lender with under $6 billion in assets owned by billionaire Trump ally Andy Beal, has rebranded as a Bitcoin and crypto infrastructure bank focused on Bitcoin and stablecoins, aligning with easing federal regulations and the emergence of a Trump aligned monetary bloc in 2025 that includes Thiel backed Erebor, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether, and Twenty One Capital. Source:

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Texas Bank Under $6 Billion Ties Itself to Trump’s Pro-Bitcoin Power Bloc

Texas’s Monet Bank joins Trump’s pro-Bitcoin bloc as it pivots to crypto infrastructure and regulatory support grows.

🌽 Indiana’s House Bill 1042, aims to make the state the first to mandate Bitcoin ETF options in public retirement plans like teachers pensions, employee funds, and college savings, while also safeguarding Bitcoin mining, payments, and private keys from local restrictions. Source:

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Indiana HB1042 | Pension Options to Include Bitcoin

Indiana’s HB 1042 would require state retirement plans to offer at least one digital-asset ETF and adds protections for mining, payments, and pri...

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