Jameson Lopp’s wrench attack data shows physical assaults on crypto holders surging in 2025, forcing a reckoning over whether self‑custody is worth the physical risk. On Dec. 1 in Val‑d’Oise, France, the father of a Dubai‑based crypto entrepreneur was kidnapped off the street. It was another entry in Jameson Lopp’s directory of 225‑plus verified physical attacks on digital asset holders. The database that Lopp, chief security officer at Bitcoin wallet Casa, has maintained for six years, shows the pace of coercion rising fast, with a 169% jump in reported physical attacks in 2025. The risk itself isn’t unique to crypto: Gold brokers, luxury resellers, even cash couriers have faced violence for centuries. What’s new is that digital assets are now being stolen face‑to‑face. Read more
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Bitcoin led the $716 million of inflows to crypto ETPs last week, while Chainlink saw record gains, accounting for more than 50% of its AUM. Cryptocurrency investment products maintained upward momentum last week, logging two consecutive weeks of gains following substantial outflows. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) attracted $716 million in inflows, adding to the previous week’s gains of $1 billion, European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday. “Daily data highlighted minor outflows on Thursday and Friday in what we believe was a response to macroeconomic data in the US alluding to ongoing inflationary pressures,” CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, said in the update. Read more