Kidnapping and extortion are growing concerns in the crypto world, with cases rising alongside the price of bitcoin.

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A $3 million crypto debt led to kidnapping plans, while a London gang mistook a barber for a Bitcoin millionaire.

Crypto crime numbers in the first half of 2025 have already surpassed all of 2024’s stolen funds, and Asia is reportedly at the center of it all. A mid-year report by blockchain analytics firm ...

Elliptic Report has found crypto crime via cross-chain moves has hit $21B in 2025 as criminals use bridges, DEXs, and swaps ...

On the same day Carturan left his captors, the crypto-crime watchdog group TRM Labs put out a report on the recent uptick in wrench attacks, noting that such acts “have escalated in both ...

Crypto services lost over $2.17 billion in 2025, with personal wallet hacks and physical crime surging, driving security concerns.

Tether has announced a partnership with INHOPE to stop the illicit use of digital transactions in child exploitation networks ...

Crypto Scams have become a nightmare for investors over the past few years. This is indeed an alarming sign, and now, a ...

Crypto crime gets physical There’s been a noticeable rise in cryptocurrency “wrench attacks,” where criminals extort people’s cryptocurrency with direct, physical violence.