The Latest Breaking News from Crypto

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has promised to act swiftly to protect crypto players and their families after a series of violent attacks and kidnappings that have shocked France, prompting calls for deregulation of the sector.

French cryptocurrency boss Pierre Noizat on Friday praised his "heroic" son-in-law and a neighbour armed with a fire extinguisher for thwarting the attempted kidnapping of his pregnant daughter and young grandson.

For-ransom hostage takings targeting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in France are blowing up into a political issue for the government of President Emmanuel Macron and particularly for one of his ministers who could possibly challenge for France’s top job in elections in 2027

Hackers bribed Coinbase employees to obtain the data and later demanded a ransom.

Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett disposed of all shares of Brazilian bank Nu Holdings, Citigroup, and over £1.61 billion worth of Bank of America shares in Q1.

US President Donald Trump's son Eric on Thursday assured the world's leading crypto conference that Washington would hoard "a tremendous amount of bitcoin," aided by his father's policies of slashing environmental protections to ramp up energy production.

Strategy—formerly MicroStrategy—owns nearly $59 billion worth of the cryptocurrency.

Some Coinbase employees stole customer information for hackers, causing some of its clients to fall victim to social engineering attacks.

Big banks face competitive pressure from fintechs and crypto-native firms.

Adam Back, a famous cypherpunk and blockchain pioneer, believes Bitcoin's current price is too low and it could go as high as $1 million per $BTC this cycle if it manages to log a new all-time high.

Top House Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday demanded that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provide reports on alleged "suspicious activity" around World Liberty Financial and the $TRUMP and $MELANIA meme coins.