[Former Crypto Trader Kidnapped and Extorted for €10,000 Ransom in Paris] Odaily Planet Daily reports that 35-year-old former crypto trader Alexandre was allegedly kidnapped between Paris and Saint-Germain-en-Laye and held for a ransom of $11,600 (approximately €10,000). The perpetrators demanded the €10,000 ransom from an acquaintance of the victim in Algeria. The victim was eventually released at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, with visible facial swelling. In 2025, France recorded 10 crypto-related physical attacks, accounting for one-third of the 29 cases in Europe. (Decrypt)