France Is World’s Most Dangerous Place For Bitcoiners: 90 Attacks In 7 Months

France’s crypto kidnapping epidemic: Criminal gangs turn digital wealth into a weapon

France faces a disturbing surge in kidnappings, hostage-taking, and violent home invasions as organized criminal networks hunt cryptocurrency fortunes, increasingly targeting ordinary families alongside wealthy executives and influencers. France is confronting a dangerous new dimension of organized crime: criminals are abandoning the keyboard for the crowbar, replacing digital fraud with physical terror to seize cryptocurrency fortunes. A father…

90 Attacks In 7 Months

French authorities have recorded 90 cases involving kidnapping, abduction, extortion, threats, and violent theft related to cryptocurrencies in just over seven months. The figures, provided to Cointelegraph by the French Interior Ministry, are from Jan. 1 to mid-August 2026. Authorities also recorded 223 arrests, and 126 people were imprisoned from January to July. The figures […]

France Is World’s Most Dangerous Place For Bitcoiners: 90 Attacks In 7 Months

Leaked or stolen tax records that reveal the identities and holdings of crypto owners, are believed to behind the worrying surge in “$5 wrench attacks” in France.

90 Crypto Kidnappings and Robberies in 7 Months: Why France Is the Most Dangerous Country for Bitcoin Holders

The cryptography protecting your $Bitcoin is nearly unbreakable. The front door of your house is not. France has just put a number on that uncomfortable truth: 90 cases of crypto-related kidnapping, abduction, extortion, threats and violent theft between January 1 and mid-August 2026, according to...

French Authorities Log 223 Arrests in Crypto Kidnapping and Extortion Cases

French authorities recorded 90 cryptocurrency-related cases involving kidnapping, unlawful detention, extortion, threats and violent theft in just over seven months of 2026, exposing a physical-security problem that increasingly extends beyond protecting wallets and private keys.The Interior Ministry recorded the cases between January 1 and mid-August, equivalent to roughly one incident every two and a half days. Authorities also made 223 arrest…

France Leads the World in Crypto Physical Attacks with 90 Victims in 7 Months

France has a serious problem. Ninety crypto-related incidents — kidnappings, extortions, violent thefts — were recorded by French authorities between… Read the original on France Sees Alarming Surge in Crypto-Related Attacks with 90 Victims in 7 Months. For more crypto news and analysis, visit TheCurrencyAnalytics.com.