The EU's institutional adoption of Bitcoin is still slow, despite the U.S. pushing forward with landmark cryptocurrency regulations in an attempt to establish Bitcoin as a national reserve asset. European companies have mostly remained silent about this since President Trump signed an executive order on March 7, planning to create federal Bitcoin reserves with confiscated cryptocurrencies. According to Elisenda Fabrega, general counsel for Brickken, a European real-world asset tokenization platform, the stagnation may have stemmed from the complex regulatory regime in Europe. “Bitcoin adoption by European companies remains limited, and this hesitation reflects deeper structural differences, rooted in regulation, institutional signals and market maturity. Europe has not yet taken a clear position on Bitcoin as a reserve asset,” she said.