France is on edge as new PM Sébastien Lecornu faces his first major political test, a controversial wealth tax proposal targeting the country’s billionaires. Strikes have shut down transport, hospitals, and schools nationwide, with nearly 800,000 protesters demanding higher taxes on the rich and more spending on public services. 

At the Bitcoin2025 Conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, US Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration strongly supports cryptocurrency. He told the audience that President Trump stands with the crypto community and is working to undo rules made under President Biden that he believes harmed the industry. “With President Trump, crypto finally has a friend in the White House,” Vance said. He said the administration is focused on cutting regulations and stopping what he called unfair treatment of crypto. “We’re removing the red tape and legal attacks used against crypto by the previous administration,” he said. Vance also said the administration fired SEC Chair Gary Gensler and plans to replace other officials they see as anti-crypto.