Dangerous life of crypto-billionaires

[PawGo]

Russian billionaire Vyacheslav Taran was killed when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed near Monaco. Reports in Ukrainian media have previously alleged that Taran, who was co-founder of trading and investment platform Libertex and foreign exchange trading group Forex Club.

Just last week, the founder of Hong Kong-based digital asset company Amber Group Tiantian Kullander died suddenly in his sleep. The 30-year-old had built the company into a $3 billion ‘fintech unicorn.’

A month before Kullander’s death, MakerDAO developer and crypto millionaire Nikolai Mushegian apparently drowned in Puerto Rico.

Back in July 2021, the crypto industry was rocked by the news that controversial Romanian crypto billionaire Mircea Popescu — also known as ‘the father of bitcoin toxicity‘ — had drowned in Costa Rica.

More details - https://protos.com/russian-billionaire-latest-crypto-tycoon-to-die-mysteriously/

[mk4]

Various conspiracy theories aside — not sure what's so special about this? People die all the time of random causes, and yes — including billionaires.

[pooya87]

I thought there was some stories about a person who had a lot of money in bitcoin and was "taken" by the bad guys and had to be rescued by Liam Neeson in a daring and dangerous mission
It turned out to be sad but disappointing stories about random natural deaths...

[jackg]

Various conspiracy theories aside — not sure what's so special about this? People die all the time of random causes, and yes — including billionaires.

I wonder if there's a chance they all faked their death to escape their "fame" and live a life of decent luxury off some of their wealth (a few million $ is more than enough to comfortably live off and maintain an anonymity).

Dying in your sleep was a leading cause of death in the UK for the 20-40 age group until a few years ago iirc (unrelated to excess drugs or alcohol consumption - I think it accounted for about 1 in 100 000 20-40 year olds).


It didn't say where the plane crash landed though (unless I missed a citation). I could imagine it'd be easy to go completely missing in places like Russia and China if you have the funds to make it happen (or aren't liked by the regimes).

[Apocollapse]

There's no written if the crypto billionaires death because of his mistake on crypto like he's invest in shitcoin and then rekt, criminals use $5 wrench attack to attack him, or something that about low privacy concern problem. I think there's many people dead are dangerous and there's no sign about the death, but since they're not a popular people, the journalist didn't aware with those people.

[mk4]

I wonder if there's a chance they all faked their death to escape their "fame" and live a life of decent luxury off some of their wealth (a few million $ is more than enough to comfortably live off and maintain an anonymity).

Dying in your sleep was a leading cause of death in the UK for the 20-40 age group until a few years ago iirc (unrelated to excess drugs or alcohol consumption - I think it accounted for about 1 in 100 000 20-40 year olds).


It didn't say where the plane crash landed though (unless I missed a citation). I could imagine it'd be easy to go completely missing in places like Russia and China if you have the funds to make it happen (or aren't liked by the regimes).

Some of these "deaths" can definitely be very fishy depending on what situation they're in before their "deaths", but yea — in the end we're just speculating without much facts to back up the theories.

[The Cryptovator]

We frequently hear about billionaires being killed. So whether they use cryptocurrency or not. I literally can not think of any crypto-related reasons for killing missions. They are being targeted by criminals. It is not necessary that they use cryptocurrency. Criminals are everywhere, and they frequently seek out crime. So I'm curious why only crypto billionaires will be at danger.

[stompix]

Various conspiracy theories aside — not sure what's so special about this? People die all the time of random causes, and yes — including billionaires.

As a billionaire, you can't have a normal death, no matter how you die people will always find fault with something and claim it was a set-up.

A few years ago I was at a party with a few of my old colleagues and friends all happening at our host's father who is the local representative for the leading party, everyone was having a fun time, dancing and so on, he managed to step on the dress of his daughter, and missed the side of the table with his head by a few cm when he fell. Everyone at that moment agreed including him (while laughing), no way that if something bad would have happened would outsiders believe the story of him dying like that, for sure it must have been an assassination.

Billionaire dying in a car crash? No way, all of them have f1 skills! Billionaire dying in a plane crash? No billionaire can die falling from 1 mile in the sky, dying from disease? We all know billionaires are mutants that can't catch any diseases! You have hundreds of teenagers dying after falling from a building or electrocuted on a train taking selfies but now way a billionaire the same age would die trying to go on a late swimming after smoking pot all night.
Of course, that changes in Russia, where a lot commit suicide by stabbing themselves in the back 20 times after falling from the 5th floor of a two stories high building.

[Die_empty]

Dangerous life of crypto-billionaires

Life itself is very dangerous because there are so many causes of accident, sickness and death. Billionaires are always targets of criminals and most times they are attacked and sometimes they loose their lives. These billionaires are also targets of competitors and business associates. Most business competitors would go to any length to outsmart or silence competition. Another common cause of the death of the rich is lack of rest. Most of them work themselves to death because they hardly rest or have time to seek medical attention. Lastly most business owners might not be able to stand the shame of losing their business or go bankrupt, so they commit suicide immediately they perceive that the business have started dying or is slipping out of their control

[so98nn]

Interesting how the article is connecting all the dots and making it feel like it’s the truth. But I don’t think we should make big deal out of this. They are billionaires and they always do many things in their lives that we don’t know of!

They might be on drugs, booz, weed and what not? They could be having bad lifestyle which is leading them to die in their sleeps.

It could be merely mechanical fault in the helicopter and much more.

Just the way you have stated a prediction in one way, the above one is to look at it in another. I don’t think we should take this seriously.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Probably some random accident or unfortunate events. But even normal people who are involved in crypto might also experience the same. Cause ecen though they got died or intentionally been killed, those asset werent gonna be on the assailant and the victim knows this too. Though who knows but there are other people who are richer on them to be killed this way.

[DeathAngel]

Various conspiracy theories aside — not sure what's so special about this? People die all the time of random causes, and yes — including billionaires.

One thing is for sure, if you are fortunate to be so rich to be deemed as a crypto billionaire, it’s a good idea to keep it on the down low, as good as you possibly can. This kind of thing stinks of corruption, some kind of business deal gone wrong, I don’t know.

Tell as few people as possible about your bitcoin/crypto position if you are a millionaire or billionaire. There is too much danger out there, especially in the current financial climate.

[BitcoinPanther]

It didn't say where the plane crash landed though (unless I missed a citation). I could imagine it'd be easy to go completely missing in places like Russia and China if you have the funds to make it happen (or aren't liked by the regimes).

An article from news.Bitcoin.com stated that the helecopter crash somewhere in the area of Villefranche-sur-Mer.  I believe the body and the plane had been found but according to the news[1] the cause of the crash is unconfirmed. 

Then the news continues by citing several deaths of company heads, where some of the death are somehow suspicious, like the one that fall out of the window of the hospital

Lukoil's company Chairman Ravil Maganov, 67, died after reportedly falling out of a window of a Moscow hospital, also in September.

And being drawned after falling off a boat.

The group includes the 39-year-old Managing Director of Russia’s Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, Ivan Pechorin, who drowned after falling off a boat near Vladivostok on Sept. 10.

Those are indeed suspicious but well, it is not related to the crypto industry, so who cares 




[1] https://news.bitcoin.com/russian-billionaire-and-crypto-businessman-dies-in-helicopter-crash-in-france/

[romero121]

Death happens to all, whether one is rich, poor or crypto billionaire everyone is supposed to die one day. No one can escape death out of his/her strength or with his/her wealth. What had happened naturally being connected with some controversy so to make the article reach all levels of people.

Everyone's life is in danger, just because one is a crypto billionaire and if someone have targeted him/her and ended the life then it is fearful for the Cryptocurrency authority to make things better to overcome the prevailing situation.

[kryptqnick]

It could be a set of natural causes, some could be more than that, but it doesn't seem like there's anything related to being crypto billionaires there specifically. Moreover, while crashing on a private helicopter is something that would not have happened without the wealth, dying in one's sleep or drowning are quite possible without it. I would not attach too much meaning to these events, and I generally agree with others that there is probably nothing to these situations other than people dying of natural causes. Of course, having immense wealth and being public about it makes a person a target, but it does not mean that these particular people were killed or that crypto wealth carries more risk than any other wealth in terms of becoming a target.

[goldkingcoiner]

Those may have been accidents. I would not rule out coincidence just yet. But if they were truly killed because of their huge wealth, then obviously there would be more clues. So unless you are saying the governments themselves are somehow a part of this, I doubt these were murders.

Not many people drown or crash in their private helicopters. But it does happen. Even to completely normal, regular people with no absurd wealth.

I could however believe that some billionaire tried to fly the helicopter and crashed because he was not a good helicopter pilot, just a billionaire with too much time on his hands. Or if some rich guy slips off his yacht, that he spends all day on, and drowns because he was drunk or on drugs.

That I could believe.

[Adbitco]

It's always like this mate they always look for a cause of death or trying to find out impossible things or even channeling it to be food poison, taking an expired drink or content that is not meant for consumption. This made me flash back a well known reputable man in state who died very young at age 45 years old so the family term it to be a death that was planned and placed it with african charm which is very possible to maneuver from the part of my country where I came from. After some thorough investigation was carried it was said to be he is a ritualist and it's a life he chooses on which is known to be "Get Rich and Die Young". Is a kind of secrets society which is very common to our country and they where all shock how he could take such decision.
Being wealthy is a serious challenge because they don't live a free life like the average men out there, living a life full of protection, security and with all kinds of monitoring which is more common to Africans.

[Rruchi man]

The thing with some billionaires is that they have gotten themselves involved in some things that you never can imagine, Danger to life becomes the consequences of some of their involvements, that is some reason that you see some move around with a lot of security detail because they sometimes are targets for assassination's. Becoming successful in your field so much that you attain billionaire status can also get you enemies in the same line of work somethings for reasons even you do not know.

[Flexystar]

Various conspiracy theories aside — not sure what's so special about this? People die all the time of random causes, and yes — including billionaires.

As a billionaire, you can't have a normal death, no matter how you die people will always find fault with something and claim it was a set-up.

A few years ago I was at a party with a few of my old colleagues and friends all happening at our host's father who is the local representative for the leading party, everyone was having a fun time, dancing and so on, he managed to step on the dress of his daughter, and missed the side of the table with his head by a few cm when he fell. Everyone at that moment agreed including him (while laughing), no way that if something bad would have happened would outsiders believe the story of him dying like that, for sure it must have been an assassination.

Billionaire dying in a car crash? No way, all of them have f1 skills! Billionaire dying in a plane crash? No billionaire can die falling from 1 mile in the sky, dying from disease? We all know billionaires are mutants that can't catch any diseases! You have hundreds of teenagers dying after falling from a building or electrocuted on a train taking selfies but now way a billionaire the same age would die trying to go on a late swimming after smoking pot all night.
Of course, that changes in Russia, where a lot commit suicide by stabbing themselves in the back 20 times after falling from the 5th floor of a two stories high building.

This dude made me laugh.  
Obviously he is so true about the incidences being claimed as conspiracy theories. I mean there is no way billionaire can die that easy considering they have lot of money to take care of. But someone will always find a way to kill them so that they can have all of their properties and money in their names.

Obviously that is an absolute joke mate. All we are doing is flogging a dead horse here. It's meaningless to discuss the deaths of billionaires. The point is they are gone and they left pretty heavy stash behind them which by default will get inherited to their decedent's (surprisingly they could be the one writing those conspiracy theories )

[Frankolala]

Death is something natural, every living thing must die, so its not new for billionaires to die but I don't think its is related to crypto, billionaires can do so many kind of things to secure their wealth and will always have a rival that wants them dead so that he can reign.

If they are dying by drowning,then let billionaires not put jacuzzi in their compound maybe these will prevent their untimely death. People die everyday just the way children are given birth to everyday but we do hear about the billionaires death because they are public figures. Sometimes the information about their death is false,they might have died through a different way.