Overview
- BNP Paribas will open access on Monday, March 30, to six exchange‑traded notes that track Bitcoin and Ether for retail, entrepreneurial and private banking clients in France, including Hello bank! users.
- The notes give price exposure through a standard securities account without holding crypto, though repayment depends on each issuer’s ability to meet its obligations.
- All six ETNs are issued by iShares, Invesco, WisdomTree and VanEck and are distributed under MiFID II rules that require disclosures, risk ratings and suitability checks.
- The bank says it will expand access to wealth management clients and additional markets over time, but it has not set a firm timetable.
- BNP Paribas is also piloting a tokenized money market fund on public Ethereum and backing Qivalis, a 12‑bank euro stablecoin planned for late 2026, with EU MiCA rules set to take full effect July 1, 2026.