Stories of physical attacks on crypto holders are piling up in 2025, with popular Twitch streamer Amouranth, real name Kaitlyn Siragusa, saying she was attacked in her home in Houston.
The attack was apparently unsuccessful, and one of the robbers was allegedly shot by the streamer.
On March 3rd, Amouranth posted on X that she was being "robbed at gunpo[i]nt," adding a minute later that she believed she "shot one of them" and that "they wanted crypto is what they were yelling, they pulled me out of bed." Around half an hour later, she posted that she was safe and that law enforcement had arrived.
The streamer also shared her security camera footage, showing three masked men.
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undefined Amouranth (@Amouranth) March 3, 2025
He screams “I got shot I got shot” after
I’m not supposed to post the scene itself, nor the casing which are now evidence
They beat me before this video and pistol whipped me the pummeling felt like it would never end and I protected my head by putting my arms… https://t.co/kVlRJGWalx pic.twitter.com/vUSUVarobk
"They beat me before this video and pistol-whipped me the pummeling felt like it would never end and I protected my head by putting my arms up like I learned how to do in boxing, blood was streaming down my head and my hands were beat brown," Amouranth shared, also adding pictures of her bedroom’s broken door.
While some commenters were skeptical about the story, suggesting that it was staged "because some random dude made fun of her analytics," police are already investigating the incident and asking for information from potential witnesses.
In either case, this attack repeats previous similar incidents in which popular figures have been targeted after sharing information online about their crypto asset holdings or bragging about their crypto trading profits.
In November 2024, Amouranth shared a picture that appeared to show an account on the Coinbase crypto exchange, at the time holding more than $20 million worth of bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH). "Help! Do I sell or hold my BTC?" she asked back then.
Bitcoin security experts keep warning that flaunting wealth is extremely risky, as it can attract criminals.
According to a database that records public information about physical attacks on crypto holders, 12 attacks have been registered this year, compared with 30 during the entirety of 2024.
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