and even teaching high school students about cryptocurrency(article about it) and preparing them for it. how things have changed in just a year
It's not just France. There are a lot of countries who are planning the same! China, India and other BRICS countries are also planning for it. But this doesn't change the economy for better because these are just a digital representation of the government controlled fiat currency. Earlier you used to have cash in your wallet and now you are going to carry it on your mobile wallet! That's it! Nothing drastically different!
China already have started making their own crypto currency as they shutdown bitcoin in their country. So everything is possible nowadays because of the technology that can help cryptocurrency to develop itself.
Chinese Government can now control people for them to mine their own digital currency. As they control people, they can now totally control their economy.