French police arrested six people, including a minor, over the kidnapping of a 35‑year‑old magistrate and her 67‑year‑old mother in a cryptocurrency‑linked ransom plot aimed at the magistrate’s partner, a crypto entrepreneur. The partner received a photo of the magistrate and a threat to

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell about 11%, the largest decline since China’s 2021 crackdown, after a sharp drop in hashrate tied to plunging prices and winter storm outages. The metric moved from just over 141.6 trillion to roughly 125.86 trillion as the network rebalanced; difficulty adjusts roughly

A Chinese-language crypto guarantee marketplace known as Xinbi processed nearly $17.9 billion in on-chain transaction volume despite platform bans and United States enforcement actions aimed at dismantling similar services, TRM Labs found. The $17.9 billion figure reflects gross on-chain transaction volume processed by wallets attributed to Xinbi, covering

Crypto fund outflows plunged to $187 million last week, a sharp drop that suggests the recent wave of selling may be losing momentum, the latest CoinShares report shows. Total assets under management fell to $129.8 billion, the lowest level since March 2025. Exchange-traded products saw record activity, with $63.

Bitcoin has fallen more than 22% over the past month, briefly hitting its lowest level in over a year before a partial rebound. Market data showed the largest cryptocurrency dropped to $60,000 on February 6 and was trading at $70,354 at press time, up 1.20% on the