The Latest Breaking News on Crypto

Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening

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.

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

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.

Lutnick's connection to Tether emerged during his January 2025 confirmation hearings, when Senator Elizabeth Warren raised concerns around his "ability to put the interests of the American people ahead of financial interests"

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

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

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.