Odaily Planet Daily News A 23-year-old Ukrainian tourist was kidnapped in Phuket, Thailand, and forced to transfer $250,000 in USDT stablecoins (about 8.56 million baht) to two armed robbers. Viacheslav Leibov was threatened with violence until he obeyed the robbers' demands. Initially, the two robbers (an Armenian and a Ukrainian) demanded $500,000 in USDT, but agreed to accept half the amount. After tying Leibov to the bed and warning him not to report the incident, the robbers fled with the stolen cryptocurrency. Leibov reportedly reported the case to the Thai police after freeing himself. (Bitcoin.com)