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Crypto elite increasingly worried about their personal safety


Cryptocurrency executives and other investors with significant wealth from crypto holdings are getting more serious about personal security, according to

Cryptocurrency executives and other investors with significant wealth from crypto holdings are getting more serious about personal security, according to stories this weekend in both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. For example, three masked men recently attempted to abduct the daughter and granddaughter of the CEO of French currency company Paymium, only to be driven off by the family’s neighbors. Jethro Pijlman, who works for Amsterdam-based security and intelligence firm Infinite Risks International, told Bloomberg that his team is seeing “more inquiries, more long-term clients, and more proactive requests from crypto investors who don’t want to be caught off guard” and realize that “intelligent security measures are part of the cost of doing business at this level.”

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