Foreign media: Ledger founder of the cryptocurrency hardware wallet may have been kidnapped, kidnappers demand Bitcoin ransom

ChainCatcher news, according to French media @LeFildInfo on X, Eric Larcheveque, the founder of the French cryptocurrency hardware wallet Ledger, may have been kidnapped, with the kidnappers demanding a ransom in Bitcoin.

Currently, the French police and the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) are investigating in the Vienne region of France. The kidnapping occurred in the small town of Mairé, where Eric Larcheveque owns a mansion.