On February 12, 2026, an armed group attempted to kidnap David Princay, who was the French president of Binance, in the Val-de-Marne region near Paris. Authorities believed that it was a crypto-related attack. According to the French reports, three hooded men carrying weapons entered the residential building around 7.00 am
Figure Technology, a publicly traded blockchain-based lender company, has confirmed that hackers gained access to customer information by tricking an employee through a social engineering scheme. As per the report from TechCrunch, attackers claimed that they had released 2.5 gigabytes of stolen data after the company refused to pay a
A U.S. federal court sentenced Ramil Ventira Palafox, who was the founder and former CEO of Praetorian Group International (PGI), to 20 years in prison for running a bitcoin-based cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded tens of thousands of investors around the world. What happened According to the U.S. DOJ, PGI
Brazil’s Congress has recently proposed a bill to purchase a strategic reserve of 1 million Bitcoins. The Lawmakers proposed implementing the bill over five years through gradual Bitcoin purchases. The official draft of this bill is known as the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Act. It extends previous ideas of utilizing foreign
The biggest opponent of OpenAI, Anthropic, has formally publicised a milestone of a $30 billion fundraising round. After this deal, the post-money valuation of the company reaches $380 billion, underlining the robust pull of capital into the AI sector. Beyond the headline number, though, reside complex second-order effects that could
With extreme fear sentiment hanging around the market, the day opened in the red, with some crypto assets in green. The market cap is resting at the $2.27 trillion mark after a 1.35% drop. The largest assets, like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), are trading at $66.1K and $1.9K, respectively.
Israeli prosecutors indicted the two on charges of attempting to use confidential military intelligence to make bets on Polymarket, a blockchain-based prediction market. The suspects include one Israeli Defence Forces reservist and another civilian. Authorities accused the reservist of obtaining sensitive operational intelligence in the course of his military duties
A Connecticut man has been charged with a 21-count indictment for allegedly running a crypto fraud scheme that defrauded several investors and lost $950,000 of their funds. As the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut announced on February 12. According to the DOJ release, his name is Elmin
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced appointments to a new committee that would provide advice on regulatory and industry developments regarding digital assets. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed his position as a member of the committee representing crypto exchange interests. The advisory committee also has Ripple CEO Brad
The crypto market stays strong within the bear market by losing over 1.02% instead of attempting a recovery. With extreme fear lingering across the digital assets, the largest and dominant, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), are hovering on the downside. Meanwhile, Polygon (prev. MATIC) (POL) has recorded a steady surge
