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A 41-year-old bitcoin mogul died unexpectedly, drowning off the coast of Costa Rica, leaving behind a fortune worth billions
Business Insider via MSN ^
| 07/02/2021
| Natalie Musumeci
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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Society
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2021; 202106; billionaire; bitcoin; bitcoinexchange; bitcoins; costarica; cryptocurrency; cryptocurrenxy; death; dreadpirateroberts; drowning; epstein; mirceapopescu; mpex; playahermosa; popescu; romania; romanian; sec; ussec; whatshispassword
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To: SeekAndFind
YOu can Read
much more about Mircea Popescu
here.
To: SeekAndFind
Hope his heirs know where his private keys are, otherwise that wealth will evaporate into nothing.
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:10:45 PM PDT
by
Renfrew
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Oh NO!!! Uncle Mircea Popescu! Did I spell the geezers name right? I hope you remembered me in the will.
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:13:51 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I'm having Uncle Toms Rice. It's like Uncle Bens but just a bit more racis'.)
To: SeekAndFind
Those bitcoins in pockets can be heavy. Never attempt swimming with them. Just leave them in hotel room safe.
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:13:52 PM PDT
by
entropy12
( )
To: SeekAndFind
Damn shame he irritated Hillary.
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:13:57 PM PDT
by
MercyFlush
(A wise man once said nothing. )
To: SeekAndFind
...Popescu was swept away by the current and died.That's how Vince Foster did it, no?
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:15:52 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
Cause of death: Complications from Covid-19?
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:27:28 PM PDT
by
deport
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To: SeekAndFind
Vanished without a trace.
That’s a good lifestyle choice of a billionaire.
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:31:57 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:32:58 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Welcome to the Matrix circa 1984.)
To: SeekAndFind
or did he just surface off the coast of Costa Rica
To: SeekAndFind
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?
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:37:11 PM PDT
by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
To: Libloather
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.
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:39:32 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:47:49 PM PDT
by
larrytown
(No matter how much the cats fight there always seems to be plenty of kittens. - Abraham Lincoln)
To: ladyjane
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.
I was nowhere near there at the time ... I swear!
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posted on
07/02/2021 1:49:46 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
To: deport
1 Bitcoin equals 33,104.00 33,196.69 33,183.65 United States Dollar
To: SeekAndFind
Nope!
Nothing suspicious here...
Move along...
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posted on
07/02/2021 2:13:39 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
To: Libloather
..Popescu was swept away by the current and died.
—
Now Popescu sleeps with the Epsteins.
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posted on
07/02/2021 2:18:27 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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