Controversial crypto billionaire—dubbed
'the father of bitcoin toxicity'—drowns
off Costa Rica aged 41 leaving a
$2bn fortune
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/1/2021 12:47:34 PM
The sudden death of 41-year-old Mircea Popescu, an early adopter of Bitcoin, has left cryptocurrency experts speculating what will happen to the estimated $2 billion worth that he owned. There has so far been no word on who has access to his digital assets, believed to be some of the largest in the world, fueling unconfirmed rumors that the fortune could be gone.(Snip) Alexander Marder, a research analyst for Crypto Briefing said that without that access, they could be off the market. 'It looks like that with the deaths of Mircea Popescu and John McAfee a significant amount of $BTC might be lost forever. RIP' he tweeted.
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