Posted on 07/02/2021 1:09:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A major bitcoin investor has suddenly died, leaving behind a cryptocurrency fortune reportedly worth more than $2 billion.
Mircea Popescu, a Romanian national, drowned last week off the coast of Costa Rica, local reports said. He was 41.
Popescu drowned at Playa Hermosa, according to Teletica.com, which reported that Popescu was swept away by the current and died.
His death has prompted questions surrounding what will now happen to Popescu's enormous bitcoin fortune.
Popescu, a controversial figure sometimes referred to as "the father of bitcoin toxicity," is known for launching a "bitcoin securities exchange" called MPEx in 2012, according to Bitcoin magazine.
"The website was once an early breeding ground for early bitcoin IPOs, a practice that earned him the ire of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, an agency whose power he took no shortage of joy in openly undermining," the magazine said.
Popescu generated "an aggressive brand of unapologetic bitcoin evangelism that made his influence enduring despite documented instances of sexism, bigotry and anti-semitism," Bitcoin Magazine said.
He has claimed to hold 1 million bitcoins, though some have estimated that he had tens of thousands of coins.
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Hope his heirs know where his private keys are, otherwise that wealth will evaporate into nothing.
“Very Interesting!”
Those bitcoins in pockets can be heavy. Never attempt swimming with them. Just leave them in hotel room safe.
Damn shame he irritated Hillary.
That's how Vince Foster did it, no?
Cause of death: Complications from Covid-19?
Vanished without a trace.
That’s a good lifestyle choice of a billionaire.
Beat me to it!😂
or did he just surface off the coast of Costa Rica
Seems like the guy had a lot of enemies. But I’m sure that there was no foul play involved, otherwise the media would have told us. Right?
William Colby’s canoe just happened to be swept away by the current.
And then there was the Australian prime minister who just disappeared in the current and was presumed drowned.
And then there was the Australian prime minister who just disappeared in the current and was presumed drowned.
I was nowhere near there at the time ... I swear!
Nope!
Nothing suspicious here...
Move along...
..Popescu was swept away by the current and died.
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Now Popescu sleeps with the Epsteins.
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