Armed assailants tried to kidnap the daughter and grandson of a French cryptocurrency boss in Paris, police said, in a brazen daytime attack that was caught on camera.

French prosecutors are investigating after a masked gang tried to kidnap the daughter of a crypto businessman in Paris in what is at least the third violent attack targeting wealthy crypto players and their families in recent months.

In a scene straight out of a crime thriller, masked assailants tried to abduct a well-known crypto tycoon's daughter on the busy streets of Paris on Tuesday morning.