Mystery as Bitcoin ‘billionaire’ reported dead after ‘drowning in sea’ amid fears crypto fortune could be lost forever

MYSTERY surrounds the fate of Bitcoin billionaire Mircea Popescu amid reports he drowned off the coast of Costa Rica.

The unconfirmed death of the controversial investor has now sparked speculation about what will happen to his bitcoin fortune, which is estimated to be worth more than £1.4billion ($2 billion).

According to site Teletica, Romanian Mircea Popescu, 41, drowned after taking an 8.30am morning swim in the resort of Playa Hermosa, which is known as a surfing hotspot because of the massive waves on its beaches.

A man they identified as Popescu was “swept away by the current” and drowned.

Popescu was most known for his blogging about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies across multiple platforms and forums.

But his statements were often condemned as being fascist, racist, and sexist.

He was also believed by many to be one of the largest individual bitcoin holders, with the Independent estimating his fortune to be more than £1.4bllion.

But unconfirmed rumours swirling about the internet have been that his family cannot access his Bitcoin addresses where it is claimed he held a million Bitcoins.

If the billionaire had not made arrangements for others to get access to his wallets, those tokens would end up being lost.

It follows the death of software mogul John McAfee who was found hanged last week in a Barcelona cell, who was also said to have vast sums tied up in cryptocurrency.

Alexander Mardar said: “It looks like that with the deaths of Mircea Popescu and John McAfee a significant amount of $BTC might be lost forever."

Former CoinDesk editor-in-chief Pete Rizzo said Popescu was also an antagonist of other prominent figures in the early years of bitcoin.

Following reports of his death, Mr Rizzo tweeted: "Mircea will endure as one of bitcoin’s most vilified figures and inarguably one of its greatest philosophers."

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VANITY..

Does he not have family and kin?

they should give them the fortune nah

modified: I just got to know you can't have access to Bitcoin unless you know the password or something.

Alright. please nobody should quote me again. Thanks

I term all these young men doing this bitcoin and other online money stuff as yahoo boys,that's just how I see them.Whenever I ask a man about what he does for a living and he's mentioning bitcoin and all other online money stuff,my mind will quickly tell me to pick race lol

Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin
How many times I call you?
I am coming to arrest you.

IT'S GOOD TO DIE IN VANITY

IT'S GOOD TO DIE IN HUMILITY AND GO TO HEAVEN.

fati2001:
IT'S GOOD TO DIE IN VANITY

IT'S GOOD TO DIE IN HUMILITY AND GO TO HEAVEN.

Wetin my eyes no go see untop nairaland . So u don turn pastor ?

Righteousness2:
Not a single bit of Bitcoin was taken to the other side of Life.
No wonder JESUS says, " What shall it Profit you to gain the whole Universe and lose your soul.
This Life is indeed Vanity upon vanity.

In Every of your accomplishments, Pursuit and achievements here on Earth, the achievement of Having a Genuie relationship with Jesus Christ is Topmost Pirioty.
This is what really Matters.

Pastor Pastor

Callisto1:
VANITY..

I love this type of vanity o

The guy don carry people bitcoins money run form death

Rozcol:
I term all these young men doing this bitcoin and other online money stuff as yahoo boys,that's just how I see them.Whenever I ask a man about what he does for a living and he's mentioning bitcoin and all other online money stuff,my mind will quickly tell me to pick race lol

Money can be gotten online without being linked to yahoo, btc is one of them, Its just a zero-sum investment that can lead to a loss or a gain for the investor. Just see Bitcoin as your regular betting shops, one persons loss will always lead to another persons gains and vice versa.

Coldie:
The guy don carry people bitcoins money run form death

He did not, he is an early Bitcoin investor and bought Bitcoin in large quantity when it was below $5. He was also into Bitcoin mining.

These guys are faking their deaths & disappearing with people's money.

A man with billions of dollars can change his identity with surgery, relocate to a remote part of the world and live in absolute peace forever.

Very sharp guy.

Assassinated

This is tragic but the most important question is what now happens to the Bitcoins

He suppose leave link to him blockchain wallet tho

Please Bitcoin experts, how can i get access to this dead man's money? make e no lost abeg.

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Vanity upon vanity

Na wa oooh

Gumi is a free man, walking freely in the north
Kanu is a terrorist bcs he wants Biafra
Last night Sunday Igboho's house was attacked and some were killed in the process bcs of fighting for his people
Boko boys were pardoned and amnesty was given to them
Headsmen were busy slaughtering people in the middle bet yet u keep saying that we are one Nigeria.
Well I will always wish supporters of this govt well and I pray for mother earth to treat them they way buhari is treating Nigerians

I will never invest my money in Imaginary money

Did our bitcoin died with him??

Callisto1:
VANITY..

Abi! Money is still important sha!

The so called bloggers and journalists are more interested in what will happen to his crypto fortune....
A thread for vanity crew to chant upon

That's my problem with crypto
. No. Next of Kin, how can his coin be retrieved?