Crypto Investor Arrested in NYC for Kidnapping, Torturing Man Over Bitcoin Password

A crypto investor, John Woeltz, 37, was arrested in Manhattan for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a 28-year-old Italian man to access his Bitcoin wallet. The victim, held for weeks in a luxury townhouse, was bound, beaten, drugged, and electrocuted before escaping on Friday. Woeltz faces charges of kidnapping, assault, and weapons possession. Evidence included cocaine, night vision goggles, and Polaroids of the victim at gunpoint.

This incident underscores a rising trend of violent "wrench attacks" targeting crypto holders, with at least 26 such cases reported in 2025, including a recent attempted kidnapping in Paris and a $123,000 theft in London.

Ho guys what do you think about cryptocurrencies?
Will it boom or have a massive downfall?

Looking to short a token? $MELANIA (Melania Meme Token) might be your top choice. It’s been falling since launch, and let’s face it—Melania Trump isn’t promoting this. A solid bet for shorts, but beware of squeezes. Never risk more than 5% of your trading account.

🚀 Today's token with massive upward momentum is Mystery (MYSTERY), an Ethereum ERC20 token! 📈 Up 154% in the last 24 hours. Contract Address: 0x64c5cba9a1bfbd2a5faf601d91beff2dcac2c974

XRP (Ripple) continues its steep descent, struggling to secure stable support levels.

The "market mood index" on CoinMarketCap is at "Greed." Once BTC hits over 100k, expect a wave of holders cashing out profits across all cryptos and tokens.

Planning to go short too, but feels like it’s still a bit early.

cha-ching! 💰😎

Definitely short-selling this one. Same thing happened when it listed on Binance – shot up, then crashed.

PEPE token is taking “to the moon” literally! 🚀 Up 115% in 7 days - that'S wild!!!

Wow, didn’t see that coming so fast! Now 100k is an actual target—just incredible!

I’d say momentum’s still up—feels a bit early for short trades

Question is: have we hit the peak and expecting a 1-5% dip, or are we still climbing?

That was a strange week for crypto. After a strong uptrend, most coins dropped by 2%, 3%, even 5%. But the clear winner this week? Solana, with an impressive gain of over 9%. Impressive!

Wormhome did, in fact, drop after the peak, but not by much.

It’s never too late! And it doesn’t look like it’s about to crash either. Maybe I wouldn’t leverage it, if that’s even an option for this token, but buying some definitely can’t be wrong.

It's an ETH token, so ERC20. I actually never heard of "Wormhole" before, but those are impressive numbers. The question is, is it already too late to get in?

Wormhole seems to be the hottest Crypto right now, up 69.65% within one month, over 500 million USD in trading volume in recent days! 🚀