Two major crypto events canceled after city hit by 18 violent physical attacks on crypto holders amid market downturn
$DASH NFT Paris was supposed to be the kind of week people plan their year around.
You book the ticket, you text the group chat, you lock in the flights before prices jump, you tell yourself the hotel bill is “work”, you start quietly hoping the market gives you a reason to feel optimistic again.
#MarketRebound #CryptoNewss Then, with about a month to go, the organisers pulled the plug.
On the official site, NFT Paris and RWA Paris 2026 are now marked as cancelled. The statement is blunt, almost tired. “The market collapse hit us hard,” the team wrote, adding that after “drastic cost cuts” and months of trying, they couldn’t make it work this year.
#MEME They say all tickets will be refunded within 15 days. They also apologize to people who already booked flights and hotels, and they end with a message to their own staff, a public thank you, and a quiet attempt to help them land on their feet.
#HODLStrategy If you’ve been around crypto long enough, you’ve seen cancellations before. Events live and die on hype cycles. When the money is flowing, everyone wants a stage. When the money dries up, a conference is one of the first line items to get chopped.
#WriteToEarnUpgrade Still, this one lands differently, because it sits on top of another reality that is getting harder to ignore in France, the rise in crypto-linked kidnappings, home invasions, and extortion attempts.
NFT Paris says it’s a market story. A lot of people in the community, especially those who have been reading the police blotter with fresh eyes, think it’s also a safety story, or at least safety is part of the background radiation now, the kind of thing that quietly changes behaviour, budgets, and what “going to an event” actually feels like.
You can hold both ideas in your head at the same time.