{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"19647","rtpr_id":"nGNXjCQ6F","ticker":"CSHR","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["CSHR"],"title":"CoinShares ETPs Now Available on Bourse Direct as France Opens Retail Access to Regulated Crypto Products","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-05-04T20:05:00.822Z","article_body":"4 May 2026 | SAINT HELIER, Jersey | CoinShares PLC (\"CoinShares\" or \"the\nGroup\") (Nasdaq: CSHR), a global leading asset manager specializing in digital\nassets today announced that 5 products of its range of physically-backed\ncrypto Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) are now available to retail investors\nthrough Bourse Direct, one of France's leading online brokerage platforms.\n\nThe listing gives Bourse Direct's clients direct access to CoinShares's\nregulated crypto investment products through their existing securities\naccounts — no wallets, no private keys, no operational complexity. Investors\ncan gain exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and other major digital\nassets through products structured under prospectus regime.\n\nThe move comes as France joins a broader European trend of opening regulated\ncrypto access to individual investors. With MiCA now in force across the EU,\nand with a clarified AMF policy for crypto ETPs, French brokerage platforms\nare increasingly integrating crypto ETPs alongside traditional equities and\nETFs, bringing the asset class into the mainstream of retail wealth\nmanagement.\n\nCoinShares's position in France is reinforced by its existing partnership with\nBoursoBank, the country's number one online brokerage platform. Together,\nthese distribution relationships establish CoinShares as the reference issuer\nfor crypto ETPs in the French market.\n\nJean-Marie Mognetti, CEO and Co-Founder of CoinShares, commented: \"France is\nopening up to regulated crypto products at a moment when the infrastructure is\nfinally ready to support retail demand at scale. Our products were built for\nexactly this transition — institutional-grade structure, transparent\npricing, and access through the platforms investors already use. With\nBoursoBank and now Bourse Direct, we are well positioned to lead the French\nmarket for crypto ETPs.\"\n\nCoinShares has been issuing crypto ETPs since 2015, when it launched the\nworld's first bitcoin ETP. The Group manages over $7 billion in assets and\nholds the leading market position in Europe for digital asset ETPs.\n\nAbout CoinShares\n\nCoinShares is a leading global asset manager specialising in digital assets,\nthat delivers a broad range of financial services across investment\nmanagement, trading and securities to a wide array of clients that includes\ncorporations, financial institutions and individuals. Focusing on crypto since\n2013, the firm is headquartered in Jersey, with offices in France, Sweden,\nSwitzerland, the UK and the US. CoinShares is regulated in Jersey by the\nJersey Financial Services Commission, in France by the Autorité des marchés\nfinanciers, and in the US by the Securities and Exchange Commission, National\nFutures Association and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. CoinShares is\npublicly listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker CSHR. For more information on\nCoinShares, please visit: https://coinshares.com\n\nCompany | +44 (0)1534 513 100 | enquiries@coinshares.com\nInvestor Relations | +44 (0)1534 513 100 | corporateir@coinshares.com\n\nPress Contact \nCoinShares \nBenoît Pellevoizin\nbpellevoizin@coinshares.com\n\nM Group Strategic Communications\nPeter Padovano\ncoinshares@mgroupsc.com\n\n \n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/8ff8acfa-148b-402b-b289-7bf6973541be)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNXjCQ6F","title":"CoinShares ETPs Now Available on Bourse Direct as France Opens Retail Access to Regulated Crypto Products","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"CSHR","created":"2026-05-04T20:05:00.822Z","tickers":["CSHR"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"4 May 2026 | SAINT HELIER, Jersey | CoinShares PLC (\"CoinShares\" or \"the\nGroup\") (Nasdaq: CSHR), a global leading asset manager specializing in digital\nassets today announced that 5 products of its range of physically-backed\ncrypto Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) are now available to retail investors\nthrough Bourse Direct, one of France's leading online brokerage platforms.\n\nThe listing gives Bourse Direct's clients direct access to CoinShares's\nregulated crypto investment products through their existing securities\naccounts — no wallets, no private keys, no operational complexity. Investors\ncan gain exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and other major digital\nassets through products structured under prospectus regime.\n\nThe move comes as France joins a broader European trend of opening regulated\ncrypto access to individual investors. With MiCA now in force across the EU,\nand with a clarified AMF policy for crypto ETPs, French brokerage platforms\nare increasingly integrating crypto ETPs alongside traditional equities and\nETFs, bringing the asset class into the mainstream of retail wealth\nmanagement.\n\nCoinShares's position in France is reinforced by its existing partnership with\nBoursoBank, the country's number one online brokerage platform. Together,\nthese distribution relationships establish CoinShares as the reference issuer\nfor crypto ETPs in the French market.\n\nJean-Marie Mognetti, CEO and Co-Founder of CoinShares, commented: \"France is\nopening up to regulated crypto products at a moment when the infrastructure is\nfinally ready to support retail demand at scale. Our products were built for\nexactly this transition — institutional-grade structure, transparent\npricing, and access through the platforms investors already use. With\nBoursoBank and now Bourse Direct, we are well positioned to lead the French\nmarket for crypto ETPs.\"\n\nCoinShares has been issuing crypto ETPs since 2015, when it launched the\nworld's first bitcoin ETP. The Group manages over $7 billion in assets and\nholds the leading market position in Europe for digital asset ETPs.\n\nAbout CoinShares\n\nCoinShares is a leading global asset manager specialising in digital assets,\nthat delivers a broad range of financial services across investment\nmanagement, trading and securities to a wide array of clients that includes\ncorporations, financial institutions and individuals. Focusing on crypto since\n2013, the firm is headquartered in Jersey, with offices in France, Sweden,\nSwitzerland, the UK and the US. CoinShares is regulated in Jersey by the\nJersey Financial Services Commission, in France by the Autorité des marchés\nfinanciers, and in the US by the Securities and Exchange Commission, National\nFutures Association and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. CoinShares is\npublicly listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker CSHR. For more information on\nCoinShares, please visit: https://coinshares.com\n\nCompany | +44 (0)1534 513 100 | enquiries@coinshares.com\nInvestor Relations | +44 (0)1534 513 100 | corporateir@coinshares.com\n\nPress Contact \nCoinShares \nBenoît Pellevoizin\nbpellevoizin@coinshares.com\n\nM Group Strategic Communications\nPeter Padovano\ncoinshares@mgroupsc.com\n\n \n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/8ff8acfa-148b-402b-b289-7bf6973541be)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-05-04T20:05:01.014716954Z","server_sent_at_ms":1777925101014},"received_at":"2026-05-04T20:05:01.074Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"14369","press_release_id":"19647","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Financial Services","sector":"Financials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"partnership","narrative":"CoinShares expanded the distribution of its physically-backed crypto ETPs to Bourse Direct, granting French retail investors direct access to five products 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