"Are you okay, do you still have all your fingers?": After the series of kidnappings, paranoia in crypto

At 3 a.m., a tap on his shoulder wakes Benjamin Cohen. Half-floured, the entrepreneur discovers his wife frowning, looking worried. In her hands, her phone. On the screen, a video. In broad daylight on the streets of Paris, hooded men forcibly drag a young woman into a van. Screams. Cries for help. Desperate, her husband clings to her. Until a shopkeeper bursts in, fire extinguisher in hand, scaring the attackers away. At the end of the sequence, a heavy silence falls in Benjamin Cohen's marital bedroom. Broken by a question from his wife: " Isn't that your cousin?"

In reality, and despite a slight physical resemblance, no. She is the daughter of Pierre Noizat, the founder of the cryptocurrency platform Paymium. But the couple does not yet know that. Online, at that time, a few articles revealed that the victim was close to a digital currency entrepreneur; just like Benjamin Cohen, founder of the specialized media Crypto Daily . The violent images of the attack still fresh in their minds,