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Millions in cryptocurrencies frozen after Canadian founder's death
- pfisch 8y ago“Death” from Crohn’s disease while he happened to be in India, and had the only private key for 90+ million dollars. Sure.
- maxencecornet 8y agoIt doesn't sound fishy at all I'm 95% sure this is a bizarre exit scam
- thisacctforreal 8y agoIf the money moves everyone will know.
- dmoy 8y agoWait really? https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=691296170 https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=691296170 $200m, and only one person had the password? Is this really how crypto exchanges are run? I had a co-worker who worked at one explain a much more thorough process to me. This story almost makes me want to go apply for a job at the SEC.
- merricksb 8y agoDiscussed 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19060985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19060985 (178 points/125 comments)
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