Bitcoin

Over 54,000 cryptocurrency wallet users are now at heightened risk of phishing attacks following two separate data breaches disclosed this week.

The DeadLock ransomware group has adopted decentralized infrastructure, including Polygon smart contracts, to make its extortion operations significantly harder to disrupt, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.

France’s tax authority is reeling from a data breach that exposed the records of more than 678,000 people and businesses, including wealthy taxpayers and Bitcoin holders.

The European Central Bank's latest survey reveals that crypto assets remain a negligible payment method among euro area merchants, with just 0.2% of online businesses and under 1% of physical stores accepting them.

MSCI has opened a new consultation that could remove major bitcoin treasury firms, including Strategy and Metaplanet, from its Global Investable Market Indexes.