Joe Nakamoto said roughly 70% of physical "wrench attacks" against cryptocurrency holders and their families take place in France, according to Cointelegraph. He also said France has recorded 41 crypto-related kidnappings as of 2026, which he described as an average of one incident every two and a half days. The figures point to a sharp concentration of offline threats in a market often associated with online risk, where criminals may use physical coercion to obtain wallet access, seed phrases (backup recovery words), or private keys (secret codes controlling crypto funds).