Criminal networks in France are recruiting teenagers aged 19 to 23 through social media to carry out wrench attacks on crypto holders, paying them a few thousand euros per job. Remote masterminds coordinate the violence while foot soldiers are treated as expendable.

Bitcoin has held key support at ₱4,013,717 ($67,000) throughout 2026 and is now attempting recovery by testing its 100-day exponential moving average. ETH faces resistance between ₱143,775 ($2,400) and ₱149,766 ($2,500) while XRP attempts to break a downward trendline.

Instech firm Igloo named Ramjit Lahiri as Country Head for the Philippines with a mandate to embed insurance into the apps and platforms Filipinos already use daily. The country faces a 98% catastrophe protection gap, nearly double the global average.