Streamer Amouranth claims she was robbed at gunpoint over crypto fortune

Late astatine nighttime connected March 2, fashionable streamer Amouranth, whose existent sanction is Kaitlyn Siragusa, made a bid of posts connected X saying she was the taxable of a location penetration by robbers who “wanted crypto is what they were yelling.”

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In November 2024, Amouranth posted a screenshot from her Coinbase relationship showing she held astir 211 Bitcoin (BTC), which was worthy $20 cardinal astatine the time. The screenshot besides showed she held astir $80,000 successful Ether (ETH).

She posted an update connected March 3, hours aft the archetypal X posts, wherever she said determination were 3 gunmen, adding a video presumably from a information camera. After allegedly starring the 3 men to different conception of the property, 3 large noises ringing out, and the 3 men tally disconnected camera.

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Amouranth is known for being unfastened astir her finances, appearing connected a YouTube idiosyncratic concern amusement and sharing her net from assorted platforms. She roseate to prominence connected Twitch, wherever she was the most-watched pistillate streamer successful 2021 and 2022. Recently, she made headway into creator level OnlyFans.

String of high-profile “crypto wrench” attacks

Crypto wrench attacks, erstwhile a crypto holder is threatened with carnal unit to crook implicit their coins, person made their mode done the quality rhythm successful 2025 with a fig of high-profile incidents.

In January, a Canadian unpaid moderator of a crypto forum went into hiding aft kidnappers allegedly attempted to abduct him and unit him to transportation his Bitcoin.

On Jan. 21, David Balland, the co-founder of Ledger, was reportedly abducted from his home, with the kidnappers allegedly demanding a crypto ransom. There was an alleged incident successful February 2025 successful Chicago arsenic well.

As “Dr. Anon” told successful Cointelegraph Magazine, “These attacks are often ‘your wealth oregon your life’ situations carried retired by sophisticated, professional, and organized criminals. That said, 1 tin importantly bounds their losses by having a ‘decoy’ crypto wallet with a tiny information of funds.”

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