Amouranth's Home Invasion Underscores Targeting of Bitcoin Holders and Raises Concerns Over Growing Risks Faced by High-Profile Influencers

The assault on Kaitlyn Siragusa —better known as Amouranth— at her Houston home has reignited conversations around digital safety.

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The assault on Kaitlyn Siragusa —better known as Amouranth— at her Houston home has reignited conversations around digital safety. Now that she has released the full footage of the March 2 break-in, Amouranth’s home invasion underscores targeting of bitcoin holders and raises concerns over the growing risks faced by high-profile influencers and crypto investors worldwide.

Luckily, Siragusa’s husband, Nick Lee, was able to repel the attack by shooting one of the thieves, and the streamer suffered just minor injuries as New York Post reported on March 29. I asked Siragusa to share more details about this tragic event; what would she change about her reaction and setup? What are her next steps now that she experienced being a target? What others can learn from this horrible experience?

How Amouranth's Home Invasion Exposed Crypto Security Risks for Public Figures

Internet fame brings a lot of attention, which unfortunately could lead to physical incidents like those Amouranth and her husband experienced. Prevention is the name of the genome in this situation. Siragusa had a system in place, but it wasn't enough.

"I went with a big brand name company that had setup gunshot detectors, glass break detectors, and the only thing that went off when shots were fired was a fire alarm. As far as how the situation was handled, per the police, it sounds like it couldn't have gone better," Amouranth explained to me through X's direct messages.

One key element to understand the content creator’s security setup is that as per her husband explained in an interview, they’re used to be swated. Also, there’s no direct access to Siragusa’s BTC and ETH holdings at home. "I always have my cold storage house remotely in a heavily secured location (not at home) just to be clear," she told me.

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Amouranth's Home Invasion Reflects Broader Crypto Risks

With Amouranth’s home invasion, there were three violent episodes targeting crypto investors reported just in March. The other two incidents happened in Hong Kong, on March 14 and March 28, as local reported.

This trend is now accelerating, underscoring how critical is to improve investors and holders' crypto security and start dealing more privately with this kind of online investment. In this context, flaunting posts related to crypto-wealth should be restricted, or even totally avoided.

Back in late 2024, Amouranth posted some Bitcoin and Ether holdings on X, which drew way more attention to the content creator. The content creator's posts regarding the incident were labeled as dubious, even after the publication of the full footage of the incident.

"There have been official police reports, press covering the arrests of the individuals, tweets by the police union, and as you mentioned I released all of the security footage. Despite all that, there are still people out there who don't believe that it actually happened or, worse, that I deserved what happened. At some point you have to accept what you can’t change and move forward. If I gave in to internet haters then I wouldn’t be where I am today," Siragusa argued.

“Despite the horrors of that night just goes to show how insensitive an online audience is and how much vitriol people are capable of showing when they’re behind a screen. I could have died that night and people still would have believed it was faked,” she underscored.

Amouranth’s home invasion marks a new episode in a concerning trend that is now accelerating. With the important bull run that bitcoin and crypto assets experienced in the last months, investors should be more careful in regard to information about their holdings and try to avoid any coment, post or interaction that could turn them into a target.