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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 21: Amouranth attends TwitchCon 2023 Las Vegas at the Las Vegas ... [+] Convention Center on October 21, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)
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The popular online streamer Kaitlyn Siragusa, known as Amouranth, suffered a violent home invasion in Houston on March 2, where attackers demanded bitcoin. She shared a terrifying update on her X (formerly Twitter) account, revealing that the robbers pulled her out of bed and demanded a crypto payment. This Amouranth bitcoin robbery is the new event in a scalation of physical attacks against bitcoin and crypto investors.
"I'm being too robbed at gunpoint. I believe I shot one of them. They wanted crypto is what they were yelling they pulled me out of bed," Amouranth posted on her X account.
The Kick streamer and adult content creator later explained why she chose to tweet instead of calling emergency services, Daily Star reported. "Was at gun point they gave me phone and said log in with gun to my head and I tweeted because calling would be a death sentence," she wrote.
Security experts warn that crypto investors face increasing risks due to the recent surge in bitcoin prices. As Jameson Lopp, Chief Security Officer at CASA, explained in a recent article, the rise in crypto robberies is fueled by the growing value of digital assets and criminals' increasing awareness of crypto wealth.
Did Flexing Wealth Cause Amouranth Bitcoin Robbery?
With bitcoin adoption expanding, public displays of wealth on social media have become riskier than ever. In late 2024, Amouranth posted a screenshot of a Coinbase account showing over $20 million in BTC and ETH, along with the message, "Do I sell or hold my BTC?" This public display likely contributed to her being targeted.
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