Spain’s Civil Guard detained a suspect wanted by France over the 2025 kidnapping of Ledger co-founder David Balland, in a case tied to a wider wave of crypto-targeted abductions.

Arkham data shows a wallet cluster holding 644 million SIREN, about 88% of the 728 million circulating supply, raising manipulation concerns.

UK Finance said that tokenized deposits could play a “vital role” in a future multi-money system alongside other digital assets.

South Korea’s tax agency is seeking a private custodian for seized crypto after a wallet seed phrase leak exposed government-held assets.