As Bitcoin’s price soars past $122,000, state-backed hackers like North Korea’s Lazarus and local crime syndicates are turning Asia-Pacific’s crypt...

Blockchain Crypto Crime Kidnapping

Jul, 17, 2025

3 min read

by Cryptonews

Bitcoin Security Startup Glok to Address Rising Kidnapping Threats

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Security Startup Glok to Address Rising Kidnapping Threats Alena Vranova’s Glok fights wrench attacks with counter-kidnap...

Security Kidnapping Alena Vranova Glok

Jul, 16, 2025

2 min read

by Bitcoin Magazine

Belgian Court Jails Trio 12 Years for Crypto Investor’s Wife Kidnapping—Masterminds Still at Large

A Belgian court has sentenced three individuals to 12 years in prison for their involvement in the crypto investor’s wife kidnapping, ordering over...

Blockchain Kidnapping Belgium

Jul, 04, 2025

4 min read

by Cryptonews

Crypto Tycoon Tim Heath Foils Kidnapping Attempt by Biting Off Attacker’s Finger

Australian crypto billionaire Tim Heath narrowly escaped a violent kidnapping attempt in Tallinn, Estonia, last July by biting off part of an attac...

Altcoin Crime Crypto Crime Kidnapping

Jul, 03, 2025

3 min read

by Cryptonews

On-chain Wealth Turns Deadly: Crypto Kidnapping in Paris Forces Victim to Hand Over Ledger Wallet

Paris investigators have handled a kidnapping in Maisons-Alfort where a 23-year-old crypto holder was forced to surrender cash and a Ledger wallet,...

Blockchain Kidnapping Ledger

Jun, 20, 2025

4 min read

by Cryptonews