Bitcoin millionaire dies and fortune may be lost due to lack of access codes | Romanian Mircea Popescu was 41 and accumulated $ 2 billion in cryptocurrencies

One of the richest men in the world in crypto-currencies dead several times and, without the keys, it is estimated that, without access, a fortune of two billion dollars will be lost. It’s about Romanian Mircea Popescu, 41, who amassed wealth in Bitcoin.

The Romanian is said to have drowned in Costa Rica last week while going for a swim. According to local media, he was killed in the town of Playa Hermosa, where the current swept him away and he died instantly.

Three women have confirmed Popescu’s death, although doubts have been cast on the millionaire’s fate. The truth is that his website, which was updated, has not recorded any activity since June 23, the day he went to the beach.

Popescu has been recognized as one of the pioneers among those who adopted the use of Bitcoin. According to the New York Post, there is no way to access your funds. If no one has the keys, a fortune will be lost. This is estimated by several analysts, like Alexander Marder of Crypto Briefing.

Another crypto expert, Anthony Pompliano, of Pomp Investments, assured in a tweet, later deleted, that there could be beneficiaries of this situation: “Mircea Popescu, a Bitcoin OG, has passed away. He probably had quite a bit of bitcoin. We may never know how many or if they are lost forever, but it reminds me of what Satoshi said: “Lost coins only add value to other people’s coins. Consider it as a gift to everyone ‘”. Pompliano thus alluded to a sentence attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by who or who anonymously developed Bitcoin.