Bitcoin 'wrench attacks' on track to double its worst year

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
victim to give up their crypto holdings, and Chainalysis said that with 35 attacks already recorded as of July, the numbers are on track to
on record, with a total of 36 recorded attacks against crypto holders, according to a list compiled by Jameson Lopp, a cypherpunk and
marked increase in violent crimes associated with crypto holdings, especially kidnappings, ransom demands, home invasions and extortion
Source: Jameson Lopp GitHubCrypto price spikes partly to blameChainalysis blames part of the increased frequency of attacks on the rising
visibility of wealth, and the growing involvement of traditional organized crime networks, underlying these is the rapid appreciation in
crypto conference in May, which Cointelegraph covered, that criminal organizations may be kidnapping crypto holders, assuming that crypto
However, given that there is a correlation between the rise in violent crimes and rising Bitcoin prices, it could be assumed that violent
the widespread availability of structured market products such as Bitcoin exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products, which allow