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.

The latest alleged attack on wealthy cryptocurrency families in Paris saw a botched kidnapping attempt on a 34-year-old woman and her two-year-old in broad daylight