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We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution

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French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL ! shenanigans one usually reads about.

These crimes involve abductions, severed fingers, and (multiple) people rescued from the trunks of cars.

This previous weekend was particularly nuts, with an older gentleman snatched from the streets of Paris ' 14th arrondissement.