Evan Luthra named himself as the victim of last November's Oxford attack. Masked men got into his car, unlocked his phone with his face and took his crypto. Police put it at £1.5M.

It was one of 170 known physical attacks on crypto holders in 2025, a record. 2026 is on the same pace: 147 so far, slightly ahead of 2025 by this date.

France is the story of the year. 52 attacks, double its 2025 total and 8x 2024. That's 1 in 3 worldwide.

The biggest 2026 case: a UK game developer forced to hand over $24M in stablecoins at home. One upside: in H1 2026 attackers got paid in 1 of 4 attempts, down from 2 of 3 in 2024.