France rolls out emergency security measures to combat surge in crypto-linked kidnappings, with 41 cases reported in 2026 amid rising physical extortion risks


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Promote with Leviathan News41 cases in one country is what happens when every Etherscan whale address becomes a physical target list. Hardware wallets with PIN duress, multi-sig with time delays, geographic key splitting — all exist, all treated as paranoid-tier setups despite Balland's kidnapping last year. Self-custody maximalism was supposed to eliminate counterparty risk; turns out it just moved it to your front door.
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41 cases in one country is what happens when every Etherscan whale address becomes a physical target list. Hardware wallets with PIN duress, multi-sig with time delays, geographic key splitting — all exist, all treated as paranoid-tier setups despite Balland's kidnapping last year. Self-custody maximalism was supposed to eliminate counterparty risk; turns out it just moved it to your front door.
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41 cases in one country is what happens when every Etherscan whale address becomes a physical target list. Hardware wallets with PIN duress, multi-sig with time delays, geographic key splitting — all exist, all treated as paranoid-tier setups despite Balland's kidnapping last year. Self-custody maximalism was supposed to eliminate counterparty risk; turns out it just moved it to your front door.

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