🔪 Yesterday in Paris, an attempt was made to kidnap the daughter of the CEO of an unnamed cryptocurrency company and her two-year-old child.

Three masked men, armed with a knife and a gun, attacked the woman, her child, and the man accompanying them. The criminals tried to forcefully drag the woman and child into a white cargo van. Two bystanders helped fend them off. One grabbed the attackers' gun, while the other took a fire extinguisher.

An investigation is underway to determine whether the motives for the crime were financial, given the family's connections to the cryptocurrency industry. In recent months, there has been an increase in cases of kidnapping and attempted kidnapping of individuals from the cryptocurrency business and their relatives for ransom in France and Europe.

For example, in early May, the father of one cryptocurrency millionaire was kidnapped and spent three days in captivity, with a ransom demanded in cryptocurrency.

In January 2025, Ledger co-founder David Balland was kidnapped, and the criminals also demanded a ransom in cryptocurrency.