☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“This year, a single French gang cut off the finger of an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/entrepreneur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entrepreneur</span></a>, doused an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/influencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influencer</span></a>’s father in gasoline and tried to snatch a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a>’s daughter from the streets of Paris, according to French police. </p><p>An Italian <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/investor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investor</span></a> was tortured with a chainsaw and taser for weeks in a New York City townhouse, local police said. A British <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/trader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trader</span></a> was allegedly held captive in a Spanish hotel room. A popular influencer in Houston, Texas, was held at gunpoint and pistol-whipped in her own home while her three assailants demanded millions in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a>, according to local news reports. The list goes on.</p><p>As the industry matures, so does the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> guarding <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exchanges</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/wallets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wallets</span></a>. The value stored within these <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalVaults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalVaults</span></a> is soaring. The result: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacks</span></a> are becoming <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/heists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heists</span></a>. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> has long suffered from sophisticated and devastating <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalAttacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAttacks</span></a>. Now, however, thefts are manifesting in the offline world, too. For the industry’s high-rollers, the targets on their backs have never felt heavier.”</p><p>The influence gap is narrowing between the digital on the physical world.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RealWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealWorld</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IRL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRL</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/28/cryptocurrency-hacks-kidnappings-crime" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jun/28/cryptocurrency-hacks-kidnappings-crime</span></a>></p>