This month, the cryptocurrency circle has witnessed three shocking robbery cases, each one reshaping my understanding of "traditional robbers."

Let's talk about the incident in San Francisco first. A former executive of STRPE opened the door to receive a package, only to be bound hand and foot with tape by a fake delivery person. For a full 90 minutes, remote accomplices checked his personal information in real-time, step by step, pressing him for various passwords. In the end, this group made off with 11 million dollars, and they didn't leave any useful clues on the surveillance footage when they retreated.

That incident in Saint Petersburg was even more outrageous. A 21-year-old young man rushed into the office of a certain platform, throwing fake grenades and smoke bombs, forcing the staff to transfer funds. Although the police arrived quickly and found that the backpack was full of toy props, everyone present at the time was scared out of their wits—who knew whether those things were real or not?

The motorcycle gang outside Oxford is the most professional. Three cars coordinated to block the road, and five cryptocurrency investors were forced to stop by the roadside, with $1.44 million in digital assets and £450,000 in luxury watches all stolen. Although the police arrested four people, it is said that there are still gang members at large.

Why have robbers suddenly set their sights on the encryption circle? The answer is simple: demanding passwords is much more efficient than prying open safes. Digital asset transfers arrive in seconds and are difficult to trace globally. What's worse is that many people in the crypto community are habitually high-profile—posting their holdings on Twitter, making appearances at industry conferences, and accepting media interviews. These actions inadvertently turn themselves into mobile ATMs.

Here are a few life-saving tips for everyone: Never expose your specific holdings and real addresses on social media platforms; enable a multi-signature wallet and disperse your mnemonic phrase storage in different places; when attending offline events, act discreetly and avoid taking photos and checking in with your guest badge.

The premise of financial freedom is that you are still alive; this is not a joke.