Your wallet may keep hackers across the internet out, but it can’t stop three knives at your door.
A UK trader says he was threatened at home with a knife and forced to transfer about $800,000, including $720,000 from a hardware wallet. Police have not yet confirmed the incident.
Chainalysis: More than $30 million was stolen in violent crypto robberies in the first half of the year. Home invasions accounted for 37%, up from just 14% last year.
Three ways to stay safe: Don’t flaunt your holdings or gains; spread large sums across multisig wallets; keep a small decoy wallet.
Do you show off your gains or keep quiet and make money? Which side are you on?
A UK trader says he was threatened at home with a knife and forced to transfer about $800,000, including $720,000 from a hardware wallet. Police have not yet confirmed the incident.
Chainalysis: More than $30 million was stolen in violent crypto robberies in the first half of the year. Home invasions accounted for 37%, up from just 14% last year.
Three ways to stay safe: Don’t flaunt your holdings or gains; spread large sums across multisig wallets; keep a small decoy wallet.
Do you show off your gains or keep quiet and make money? Which side are you on?