Crypto Worker’s Family Held Hostage in France, $46,000 Taken

France's position as the worst-hit country for physical coercion attacks points to a structural problem, not a run of bad luck: attackers are targeting people, not protocols, because personal custody makes the holder the single point of failure. The victims here are families, and the sums taken are modest by crypto standards, which suggests the threat model has shifted from high-net-worth whales toward ordinary industry workers whose home addresses and holdings are discoverable. Whether France's logged case count keeps climbing, and whether any coordinated response emerges, is the open question.