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Criminals used violence or threats to seize digital assets in 52 verified cases worldwide during the first half of 2026, and France accounted for 33 of them. Key Points: CertiK verified 52 wrench attacks in the first six months of 2026, a 33.3% rise on the same period a year earlier. Recorded financ

A botched attempt to target senior figures in France’s cryptocurrency sector led to the arrest of three suspects on Thursday after a series of violent home invasions and a cross-region police operation. According to information confirmed by multiple law-enforcement sources, the masked and armed men

French authorities arrested five suspects after a magistrate and her mother were held captive for approximately 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom plot that threatened mutilation. The 35-year-old magistrate and her 67-year-old mother freed themselves Friday after being abducted from their home in s

Central banks risk losing control over money if privately issued, dollar-backed stablecoins become the dominant form of tokenized finance, France’s central bank governor on Wednesday warned, as global policymakers and crypto executives publicly split over who should anchor the next phase of the fina

Groupe BPCE, France's second-largest banking group, began offering direct cryptocurrency trading to 2 million customers on Monday through its Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Épargne mobile applications. The launch marks one of Europe's most significant integrations of digital asset trading into tradit