The Latest Breaking News from Cryptocurrency

New regulations threaten the security of the personal data of cryptocurrency users and may expose them to "physical danger", the platform at the centre of last week's Paris kidnapping attempt has claimed.

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is facing challenges in the run-up to joining the S&P 500 next week.

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

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

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., said Thursday that criminals had improperly obtained personal data on the exchange’s customers for use in crypto-stealing scams and were demanding a $20 million payment not to publicly release the info

He admitted to misleading customers about Celsius's financial health and manipulating the company's CEL token.

Trump’s foray into cryptocurrency involves him leveraging his presidency for personal gain and operating in an industry he has power over

Commerce chief Howard Lutnick’s firm backed controversial crypto giant Tether as Bukele ties deepened

Bruno Retailleau's invitation comes a day after the latest violent kidnapping attempt in broad daylight in Paris, and a series of previous such incidents.