Highlights: French police arrested six suspects, including a minor, after kidnapping cryptocurrency for 30 hours. The magistrate and the mother escaped by warning their neighbors. No ransom paid to cryptocurrency kidnappers France Experiences Cryptocurrency-related Kidnapping Patterns of Industry Professionals Previous victims include Ledger co-founder David Balland, who had his fingers cut off by kidnappers. French authorities have arrested six suspects in a cryptocurrency ransom kidnapping that held a magistrate and her mother captive for about 30 hours. The victims escaped without receiving any money after being found injured in a garage in southeastern France. Lyon prosecutor Thierry Dran confirmed the…
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As the digital asset industry continues to mature and regulations become clearer, cryptocurrency trading platforms are gradually transitioning from short-term incentive-driven models to revenue structures based on continuous trading services, liquidity provision, and risk management. Transparency and sustainability of the platform economy have become important considerations for both users and the wider market. Against this background, digital asset exchanges BeatGW Outlining the structure of the platform’s revenue model, it highlighted how its core revenue streams are built around real trading activity and long-term operational services rather than speculative or high-risk mechanisms. Core revenue streams based on trading and liquidity services…
Kamino Lend is a decentralized lending platform deployed on the Solana blockchain that allows users to lend and borrow assets with flexible terms and interest rates. Kamino worked with Ackee Blockchain Security and donated a total of 6 days of engineering time between January 20 and January 30, 2025 to conduct fuzz testing focused on the Kamino Lend protocol. No manual code review was performed. Kamino then partnered with Ackee Blockchain Security to conduct a second round of fuzz testing of the Kamino Lend protocol, donating a total of 15 days of engineering time between June 23 and July 28,…
Polygon’s price plummeted, erasing all the gains it made earlier this year despite strong fundamentals, including increased market share in the payments industry and increased burn rate. summation Polygon’s price plummeted, erasing most of the gains it made earlier this year. Data shows a surge in payment transaction volume over the past few months. Technical analysis shows that the token is likely to bounce in the coming weeks as it forms a double bottom pattern. Polygon (POL), formerly known as MATIC, was trading at $0.095, down sharply from this year’s high of $0.1853. It is still well below the all-time…
Palo Alto, CA, February 6, 2026, Chainwire ZenO provides access to egocentric audio, video, and image data captured from smart glasses and smartphones to power the next generation of physical AI systems. xeno today announced the public beta launch providing access to a new platform designed to collect, anonymize, and structure real-world first-person data to train physical AI systems such as robots, autonomous agents, and embodied models. ZenO utilizes Story’s Layer-1 blockchain technology as its core infrastructure. This launch comes at a moment when physical AI is moving from research to production, but the data needed to power those systems…
BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin BTC$68,811.85 Exchange-traded funds have become incredibly popular since their launch, raising billions of dollars from investors seeking exposure to cryptocurrencies without the hassle of cryptocurrency wallets or exchanges. Traders and analysts religiously track inflows into the fund to gauge how the institution is positioning itself in the market.Now they may have to do the same for options related to ETFs following the explosion of activity during Thursday’s selloff. According to one observer, the record activity stemmed from a slump in hedge funds, while others disagreed, citing routine market turmoil as the catalyst.What really stood out wasOptions volume…
ZenO Launches Public Beta Integrated with Stories for Real-World Data Collection Powering Physical AI – Chainwire housenewsroomZenO launches public beta integrated with Stories for real-world data collection to support physical AI We use cookies to make your experience on Chainwire’s website better. Cookies help us give you a more personalized experience, relevant advertising and provide us with web analytics. Technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of specific services explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of transmitting communications over electronic communications networks. Technical storage or access…
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HighlightsMetaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich said the company would continue its steady accumulation and prepare for long-term growth.Recently, Metaplanet approved $137 million in new equity raising, primarily earmarked for Bitcoin purchases in 2026.MTPLF shares plunged 20% in a single session on February 5, extending a 50% year-to-date decline. Japan’s MicroStrategy Metaplanet said it was unperturbed by BTC and would continue with the company’s Bitcoin accumulation plans. BTC $66,471 24-hour volatility: 5.6% Market capitalization: $1.33T Vol. 24 hours: $162.94B Price modification. This comes as Bitcoin has fallen more than 22% over the past week and is expected to see a further collapse…