France’s Capital B trading volume doubles within hours of Cboe Europe listing

Capital B, the French firm formerly known as The Blockchain Group, just proved there was pent-up demand for its shares outside of Paris. Trading volume on its new Cboe Europe listing doubled within two hours of launch on August 5, quickly surpassing activity on its primary Euronext Growth Paris listing. What happened and why it matters Capital B began trading on Cboe Europe, which holds the title of largest pan-European stock exchange by market share and notional value traded. The results were immediate. Within 120 minutes, volume on the new venue had doubled, and it was already exceeding the company’s home listing on Euronext Growth Paris, where it trades under the ticker ALCPB. The listing was a deliberate strategic play to deepen liquidity for European institutional investors, who now have broader access to the company’s shares beyond the French exchange. The Bitcoin treasury play, European edition Capital B has been positioning itself as Europe’s first dedicated Bitcoin treasury company since rebranding in late 2024. The strategy borrows heavily from the playbook that Michael Saylor popularized at MicroStrategy (now Strategy): accumulate Bitcoin on the balance sheet, use variou...