A 40-year-old cryptocurrency businessman in Montpellier, France, successfully thwarted an armed robbery attempt on April 11. The assailant, disguised as a delivery person, threatened the victim with a handgun, demanding the private keys to his crypto wallet while holding his family in the living room. During a moment of distraction while the suspect was on a call with an accomplice, the victim managed to seize the gun, firing it without causing injury, prompting the suspect to flee. Police arrested a 25-year-old suspect three days later, charging him with attempted armed robbery. The investigation is ongoing, with authorities not ruling out the possibility of external orchestration. This incident is part of a troubling trend in France, which has seen over 40 reported cases of attempted robberies or kidnappings involving crypto assets this year, some potentially organized by foreign entities.