The crypto co-founder who was traveling to Bangkok for the 2024 Ethereum Devcon Conference, got robbed.
Haichao Zhu – co-founder and CEO of Bitcoin app Rooch Network – urged Ethereum Devcon participants to be cautious in an X post Bangkok Thailand. A man is robbed by a man with a knife.
Zhu claims that he had been attacked after arriving in Bangkok late at night. Assailants took his phone, and he was left with only a small scratch on his right hand.
Zhu, who was unharmed in this incident, expressed dissatisfaction with the local response by the police. He shared that he stayed at the station all night without any resolution.
Zhu warned fellow Devcon participants to be alert at all times, but especially in the evenings. “Bangkok is still a safe and fun place just like all other places, you gotta watch out for the darkness.”
Jole Star is the second founder of Rooch Network. She was mentioned separately in a X post Haichao Zu and he would reach out to shops in the area to look at surveillance footage. He acknowledged that it could be difficult to identify assailants.
In order to reduce the risk, he advised that participants avoid going out at night alone and refrain from using mobile devices while walking.
Ethereum DevconThe Ethereum Foundation is hosting its largest annual conference, the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. It will be held in Bangkok from 12 November.
The event will feature prominent figures in the decentralized technology world, including Vitalik Buterin (co-founder of Ethereum), Aya Mikaguchi (executive director of Ethereum Foundation), and Bruno Macaes (former secretary for Portugal).
An attack of this nature occurred in July at the Ethereum Conference in Brussels. This was not an isolated incident. Rishant Kumra, Kilt Protocol’s Head of Growth and a conference attendee, warned The following are some examples of how to use “thugs targeting crypto folks,” He describes his own experiences of fighting off attackers.
In the past year, there have been several attempts at robbery that target individuals connected with cryptocurrency. Eleven Israeli tourists were robbed in August. attacked They were robbed of $700,000.
Only a few months ago, a man of 29 years old was shot and killed. murdered He was forced to send nearly 3 Bitcoins by attackers.
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