In brief
- The amount of documented wrench attacks has increased in 2025 amid Bitcoin’s price rise.
- At least 65 have been tracked in a public database, with many more expected to be unreported.
- Some of the most grisly crimes include murder, severed fingers, and sexual assaults.
Crypto’s growing mainstream presence has not been all good news for investors.
Alongside Bitcoin’s price rise, a growing list of wrench attacks—that is, physical attacks meant to coerce a victim to hand over access to their crypto holdings—have taken place over the course of 2025.
According to a publicly available database of wrench attacks from Jameson Lopp, CTO of security firm Casa, at least 65 wrench attacks have been documented this year, with the…
Jan 05 2026
