What do the latest France crypto kidnapping cases say about how wealth, risk, and reality now collide?
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France crypto kidnapping goes beyond cybercrime
In recent months, a concerning trend has been unfolding in France. Several individuals linked to the crypto space have been targeted in a series of physical attacks, including cases of kidnapping, threats, and attempts to forcibly extract access to crypto wallets.
These incidents go beyond financial scams or cyber breaches, involving in-person coercion that often affects not just the individuals themselves but also their families.
Let’s dive into each of these cases, tracing how they unfolded and what they reveal about the evolving risks faced by crypto holders, and what this means for the personal security of those in the crypto space.
The kidnapping of David Balland
On the morning of Jan. 21, French entrepreneur David Balland, a co-founder of Ledger, one of the most prominent com