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December 2, 2025

Bpifrance’s blockchain chief wants to bring Europe’s crypto VCs together: 'There is common ground'

Ivan De Lastours is the president of the Digital Assets Venture Network, a new organisation hoping to foster collaboration between crypto VCs

Tom Matsuda

5 min read

When it comes to crypto venture capital, Europe is widely seen as playing second fiddle to the US. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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