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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."

fati2001:
IT'S GOOD TO DIE IN VANITY

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

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.

Callisto1:
VANITY..

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

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

Callisto1:
VANITY..