$BTC # According to news reports, the French government has requested that Electricité de France (EDF) suspend the sale of its majority stake (64%) in its subsidiary "Exaion" to Mara Holdings Inc., an American bitcoin mining company.

The French news agency (AFP) reported that the French Ministry of Finance requested the suspension of the deal due to "potential sovereignty concerns."

Both Mara and EDF had previously announced the signing of an investment agreement allowing Mara to acquire a stake in Exaion for $168 million, aimed at expanding Mara's operations in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.#BTC

However, it seems that the French government wants to re-evaluate this deal, considering that the technologies developed by "Exaion" may be "critically important" in the future.