Crypto is politics. The sixth anniversary of Adan (Association for the Development of Digital Assets), celebrated in recent days, marks an institutional turning point for the crypto ecosystem in France. The event, which was held in a climate of extreme tension for entrepreneurs in the crypto sectorwas the scene of major political declarations. Long perceived as a technical or speculative niche, blockchain is now treated at the highest levels of government as an issue of economic defense and public security.
The key points of this article:The sixth anniversary of Adan marked an institutional turning point for the digital assets ecosystem in France.
Laurent Nuñez announced an emergency plan in the face of an alarming increase in violent crimes targeting the crypto sector.
Laurent Nuñez: An emergency plan to address the explosion of violent crime
The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñezdelivered a speech of a gravity exceptional, surrounded by the highest officials of the police and the national gendarmerie. Its message is unambiguous: security physicality of the actors of the Web3 became a priority of first rank for Place Beauvau. This deployment of authority responds to a reality brutal : since the beginning of 2025, the France is experiencing an alarming increase in violent crimes — kidnappings, home confinement and extortion — specifically targeting leaders et investors of the sector. Faced with this threat, the minister detailed the immediate protection measures deployed by its teams. Of the police officers et gendarmes now carry out audits of vulnerability directly to the homes and head offices of exposed professionals, while priority alert channels guarantee intervention immediate access to elite units. At the same time, a cross-training program allows investigators to perfect their expertise blockchain while law enforcement trains entrepreneurs in operational prevention.
Laurent Nuñez concluded with a message from firmness absolute, recalling that state services carried out more than twenty arrests during the month of January 2026 alone. In a more geopolitical approach, the former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal preferred to emphasize that controlling blockchain flows is above all a challenge of sovereignty nationale.
ADAN has been warning for weeks about the risks faced by entrepreneurs in its sector – Source: Compte
Gabriel Attal: Technological delay in crypto as a risk of sovereignty
He warned of the risk of seeing the France and theEurope definitively left behind by the UNITED STATES and the Chine due to regulatory constraints and limited financing capacities. According to him, theindependence of tomorrow will depend on the continent's ability to no longer depend on financial infrastructure foreign.
L’Europe today finds himself in a situation paradoxical : if it still dominates traditional banking networks with 23% of messages SWIFTit is almost non-existent in the stablecoin market with only 0.2% market share.
Gabriel Attal called for a reaction immediate to make the digital euro a global reference. This retard is no longer just economiche is strategic and directly threatens the decision-making autonomy of the European Union on the international scene. Beyond the speeches, the situation on the ground remains critical. The year 2026 promises to be that of the confrontation between a political ambition of Crypto Nation and the reality of ultraviolent delinquency which tests the capacity of the State to protect its innovators. The security of those who build the finance of tomorrow is no longer an option, it is the sine qua non condition of French attractiveness. But can we still reasonably expect anything from political personnel?