The physical attacks targeting Bitcoin and Crypto holders increase at an alarming rate, according to the new data followed by the co-founder of the Casa, Jameson Lopp.
The main dishes to remember:
- Crypto -related physical attacks have increased by 169% since February, with 48 incidents reported in 2025 so far.
- The victims include everyday holders and executives, because the increase in Bitcoin prices in fact high value objectives.
- Safety experts warn that while threats are increasing, self-careful tools and best practices have also improved considerably.
Since the end of February, 35 new violent incidents have been reported worldwide, an increase of 169% in just six and a half months, according to a report of Forbes.
The increase adds to an already disturbing trend, while the markets of cryptocurrencies continue their upward race.
In total, 48 attacks have been held so far in 2025, marking an increase of 33% compared to all 2024. France alone represented 14 of the reported incidents of this year.
The victims range from retail holders and merchants to the leaders of cryptography, highlighting the wide range of the threat.
One of the most worrying cases took place on September 6 in Cambridge, Canada, where a young man was abducted under the threat of a firearm and forced to transfer funds to a cryptocurrency portfolio.
“He was forced to deposit a large sum of money on a cryptocurrency account,” said Chris Ident, regional police officer of Waterloo.
While the victim suffered non -fatal injuries, the suspects, described as four black men in a dark colored van, remain unidentified.
Speaking in a recent interview, LOPP stressed that security is a motion target for digital active holders. “The security landscape is constantly changing,” he said.
“It is just an aspect of the ecosystem of which any prudent investor should remain aware of this asset class is very ruthless errors.”
LOPP thinks that the growing value of Bitcoin is a double -edged sword. “It is more precious, so there are more criminals that continue to remove you,” he said.
But improvements in self-care and best practices have also gradually advanced. “We have considerably improved our best safety practices over the years to counter savier attackers,” he added.
He noted that FNB can be a safer alternative for those who just want an exhibition at prices.
“You exchange things such as the risk of social engineering and the risk of key management of keys for the risk that the goalkeeper can be the victim of such attacks or losses,” said LOPP.
Stay safe: avoid displaying cryptographic holdings, report advice
To help users stay safe, the report offered simple advice: do not be “the bitcoin” of your community.
Avoid making assets known, especially on social networks. Auto-cuire users should invest time in understanding the safety bases such as protection of seed sentences, pass sentences and the use of multisig wallets with geographically separate signature devices.
The other advice includes avoiding too complex storage systems that could become inaccessible even for the owner and considering a balance between the self-care and the delegated guard according to the individual risk profiles.
France has become a hotspot for these crimes, with 14 of the 50 world attacks on the covers recorded in the past year.
In June, Moroccan police arrested a suspect accused of having kidnapped cryptography leaders.
In France, the father of a crypto millionaire was brutally attacked. And in New York, a tourist was tortured for more than two weeks while the kidnappers were trying to extract his Bitcoin references.
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