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David Balland, co-founder of Ledger, was kidnapped from his home in France early Tuesday and released Wednesday night following a police operation. According to the prosecutor’s office, the kidnappers demanded a large ransom in cryptocurrency.

The SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 122, which revokes the contentious SAB 121, and permits financial institutions that hold bitcoin and other digital assets for their customers to decide if the held digital assets should be reported as a liability.

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Bitcoin payments startup Breez has announced raising a $5 million funding round from Entrée Capital, ego death capital, Plan ₿ Fund, and Timechain.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to create a "Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets." It will be tasked with developing a federal regulatory framework and evaluating the establishment of a "strategic national digital assets stockpile."

A U.S. District Court ordered the OFAC to remove addresses associated with Tornado Cash from its Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons (SDN) list, following an Appeals Court ruling that the Treasury Department exceeded its authority in sanctioning the crypto mixer.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced signing "a full and unconditional pardon" for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road.

OpenSats has announced new grants to Bitcoin Core contributors L0rinc, kevkevin, and Daniela Brozzoni.

Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm seeks to dismiss charges after a Fifth Circuit ruling reversed sanctions against the software. The US Government argues this reversal doesn't impact the criminal trial, asserting the case primarily concerns control over the Tornado Cash user interface.

A new meme coin launched by President-elect Donald Trump has hit a capitalization of over $10 billion, marking Trump’s latest venture into cryptocurrency and merchandise sales in the lead-up to his inauguration.

Michael Lewellen, a Dallas-based cryptocurrency entrepreneur and Coin Center Fellow, has filed a constitutional challenge against the Department of Justice (DOJ) for over criminalization of software development under the Biden Administration.

Senator Cynthia Lummis has sent a letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) warning the regulators not to destroy any information related to the agency's efforts to hinder digital asset innovation.