By: François Garcin, General Manager of Europe

I have spent my career building and scaling businesses where capital meets impact. For almost twenty years, as founder and CEO of Argenthal, I worked with teams and partners to invest in solutions to some of the biggest challenges in financial services, energy, and healthcare. Along the way, I had the chance to support projects ranging from renewable power and energy transition initiatives to AI-enabled healthcare platforms, cybersecurity, fintech, and blockchain-based identity systems. What I learned through all of this is simple but powerful: real progress depends on trustworthy data and efficient energy.

Over time, I began to see that energy, secure information systems, and digital finance are not separate worlds. They are parts of a single continuum, and advanced computing is what brings them together. That perspective changed how I thought about technology and its role in shaping the future. It also led me to bitcoin. To me, bitcoin is not just a digital currency. It is a system that ties energy markets directly to the digital economy.

That insight is what ultimately brought me to MARA. While the company started with Bitcoin mining, what excites me is its much bigger vision. MARA is using its technology to help stabilize power grids and capture and repurpose unused energy. We are also developing new solutions that can lower the cost of AI processing and secure the edge infrastructure that will support the AI economy. It is this combination of ambition and practicality that drew me in.

As General Manager of Europe, I am focused on helping MARA expand its presence across the region. My work is about building partnerships, with corporate leaders, sovereign investors, entrepreneurs, and regulators, that will advance our mission and extend our impact. At the heart of it all is a belief I hold deeply: energy can be transformed into intelligence, and with the right vision, into long-term value for people everywhere.