I believe that many people have heard of the story of getting rich overnight in the cryptocurrency circle, but the bigwigs in the cryptocurrency circle in 2022 do not seem to be very comfortable. They either lost money overnight or fled overseas. Even within a month, three top rich people in the cryptocurrency circle died in succession. Public data shows that at the beginning of 2022, the total market value of cryptocurrencies exceeded 3 trillion US dollars, and it plummeted to more than 800 billion at the end of the year. Bitcoin investors lost 1359.7 billion US dollars in a year, and the wealth of the richest man in the cryptocurrency circle shrank by 580 billion US dollars in a year. The queen of cryptocurrency swept away 40 billion US dollars and evaporated, becoming the most wanted criminal. FTX, the second largest trading platform in the cryptocurrency circle with a valuation of 32 billion US dollars, went bankrupt in 5 days, and the founder's 16 billion US dollars worth of assets returned to zero overnight. The price of Bitcoin has fallen by more than 75% in total, and more than 12,000 currencies have directly become zombie coins without transactions for a month. Countless investors have lost all their money. Netizens can't help but sigh that one day in the cryptocurrency circle is a year in the world.

Today we will review the magical stories brought by the magical currency circle in the past 2022. Around November 2022, three billionaires in the currency circle who were in their prime died strangely. Some suddenly drowned, some died accidentally in their sleep, and some crashed inexplicably. In just one month, three currency circle bosses died strangely one after another. Rumors spread for a while, and the haze shrouded the entire currency circle. Compared with the three strange deaths of the above currency circle bosses, the Chinese currency circle bosses do not seem to be much better. Most of the Chinese currency circle bosses either fled overseas or disappeared mysteriously, and some are still wanted worldwide. Even in the bizarre murder of a couple in Bali during the May Day holiday two months ago, the deceased 25-year-old Guangxi boy was also shrouded in a layer of dark suspicion about the currency circle. #BTC

Today's bizarre cases need to start with a major event that happened on November 11, 2022. On Double Eleven last year, FTX, the world's second largest cryptocurrency trading platform, suddenly collapsed, and $6 billion was run in 72 hours, setting a new record for the worst cryptocurrency trading platform that year. Five days later, FTS declared bankruptcy, $32 billion was wiped out, 100,000 creditors lost all their money, and the founder SBF's $16 billion fortune was wiped out overnight. Immediately afterwards, the virtual currency loan platform Block Fi also suddenly filed for bankruptcy.

Affected by this, Bitcoin, the relatively familiar virtual currency, fell to an all-time low. Compared with its all-time high, the cumulative decline reached 75%. However, as the myth of the golden boy in the currency circle is shattered, this is just the beginning. Something even more bizarre happened. On October 29, 2022, a surfer discovered a body in the water on a beach in Puerto Rigo, a small island in the Dominican Republic. When found, the deceased was neatly dressed and holding a wallet in his hand. Later, local police confirmed that the deceased was none other than Nikolai Mushejian, the co-founder of the automated mortgage platform on Ethereum.

Nikola's death is the most unusual of the three mysterious deaths of cryptocurrency moguls that will occur in the next month. The reason why Nikola is the most unusual of the three incidents is that just three hours before Nikola drowned. On October 28, 2022, at 16:57 pm, Nikola posted a tweet on Twitter, saying that CIA, Mossad and some operators are running some kind of deal in Puerto Rico and Caribbean islands, defrauding extortion gangs and saying they will torture me to death. As we all know, the CRA mentioned in the tweet is the CIA of the United States, and Mossad is the Israeli Intelligence and Special Missions Bureau. These two agencies are known as the world's four major intelligence agencies along with the Russian Federal Security Service and the British MI6. Nikola grew up in Kansas, USA, and his parents are Russian immigrants. In 2017, he moved to Florida, focusing on crypto technology and contributing to the development of multiple blockchain projects. Most well-known is that Nikola is an early technical partner of MakerDAO, an Ethereum merchant automated mortgage platform and a provider of stablecoin Dai. Nikola himself is apparently not a well-off individual, having donated $1.4 million to his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University.

Nikola's tweet immediately attracted people's attention. This tweet can still be seen today. In the comment section, someone mentioned Twitter's new boss Elon Musk, saying, "Please protect this tweet and be extra careful about who asks you to delete it." The famous talk show host Joe Rogan talked about the matter in his blog show, and even called it crazy. The content of the tweet is not the first time that Nikola has made similar remarks. He has tweeted many times, implying that the CIA and others will be unfavorable to him. It is worth noting that Nikola has a history of mental health problems, and his father even went to Puerto Rico to accompany him. Some people think that being killed is just Nikola's delusion. A New York newspaper reported that the police revealed that they did not think it was murder in the investigation of Nikola's death. Brock Pierce, a cryptocurrency practitioner who knew Nikola, said that he was also confused about Nikola's death at first, but after talking with many of Nikola's relatives and friends at the funeral, he believed that it was not a murder. His parents thought that he might have been accidentally caught in the waves while surfing. It's so bloody. However, the undercurrent of the cryptocurrency circle has never lacked such legendary bloody urban legends.

Following closely behind is Kurland, co-founder of Amber Group, a global virtual asset service provider. On November 23, 2022, Kurland was found dead at the age of 30. According to the official website of the group, the Amber Group is headquartered in Singapore. The company was valued at nearly US$3 billion at the time, and its business spread across Athens, Geneva, Dubai, Hong Kong, China, London, Tokyo and other places. Kurland himself was on the Forbes list of 30 richest people under 30 in 2019.

Like many companies in the cryptocurrency world, Amber Group is being hit hard by the cold winter, with layoffs accounting for 10% of the company's total workforce in September 2022. Kurland, who previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, co-founded the trading platform with his colleagues in 2017 and grew its market value to $3 billion at the beginning of 2022, becoming one of Asia's fintech unicorns. Two days before his death, he was still speaking out about the FTX turmoil, calming anxious investors, and negotiating with investors to discuss financing efforts, planning to reach a valuation of $10 billion.

But just before the deal was done, the man suddenly died. Kurland's death was known to the outside world by a statement released by the company, but the statement only stated that he died in his sleep. The location and specific reasons were not mentioned. Only three words were said: it was not homicide. On November 28, 2022, local time, the Russian Embassy in Paris confirmed the death of Vyacheslav Taran. The 53-year-old billionaire is one of the three largest foreign exchange traders in Russia. He founded the foreign exchange club and trading platform Libertex, the latter of which includes cryptocurrencies. The platform's business covers 120 countries around the world and has more than 2.5 million users. According to media reports at the time, Taran flew from Switzerland to Monaco by helicopter on November 25. He was the only passenger on the plane. When the plane crashed on the way, there were only two people on the plane, and the other was a 35-year-old French pilot. Both of them survived. The place of death was near the seaside city of Freetown in Monaco. It is worth mentioning that a passenger had originally planned to take the helicopter to Monaco, but he canceled the trip at the last minute before takeoff. Some Russian media believe that the air crash was caused by Taran having too many enemies. He once made millions of dollars by getting Russian citizens to participate in currency speculation and guaranteed them the maximum return with the minimum investment, leaving many investors penniless.

Compared with the three cryptocurrency tycoons who died in strange ways above, the Chinese cryptocurrency tycoons don't seem to be much better. Most of the Chinese cryptocurrency tycoons either fled overseas or disappeared mysteriously, and some are still being wanted worldwide. In early 2019, the world-famous Buffett lunch was auctioned at a sky-high price of 31.5 million yuan, and the mysterious man behind the scenes was Sun Yuchen, and then his coquettish operation shocked the world. In the following month, Sun Yuchen let Buffett's pigeons go three times in a row and finally canceled the lunch. In 2017, after harvesting billions of leeks through Tron, Sun Yuchen ran away to the United States. Although Sun Yuchen obtained the status of Ambassador of the South American country Grenada to the World Trade Organization through superpowers, this amulet is not absolutely safe. In 2022, Sun Yuchen was investigated by the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service of the United States for suspected money laundering fraud, insider trading, and evasion of bans. This means that Justin Sun’s escape route has reached a dead end, and the claws of the law are at Justin Sun’s throat.

Few people outside the cryptocurrency circle know the name Kaomao, but behind this name in the cryptocurrency circle, there was once a number one person in the cryptocurrency circle. Kaomao's real name is Jiang Xinyu, born in Shaoyang, Hunan in 1986. In 2001, at the age of 15, he was admitted to the junior class of the University of Science and Technology of China with a score ranking 11th in the country. In 2011, at the age of 25, he went to Yale University to study for a doctorate. This result can be said to be the best among his peers, and he is a genius boy envied by many parents. But the genius boy Jiang Xinyu is only the A side of Kaomao, and the B side of Kaomao is in 2012. At that time, Bitcoin was still unknown, but he had already been very successful in the field of virtual currency. In 2013, Kaomao established the Kaomao Mine in Shenzhen, and its computing power once accounted for 42% of the computing power of the entire network, helping him earn 200 million in 3 months. However, at the end of 2014, Kaomao disappeared strangely without leaving a single word. His disappearance is shrouded in mystery and is called one of the top ten unsolved mysteries in the cryptocurrency world by people in the cryptocurrency world.

Zhao Dong, co-founder and CTO of Moji Weather, quit the team in 2012 and sold his shares. Zhao Dong, who had money and free time, finally chose to enter the cryptocurrency circle and met a number of well-known people in the cryptocurrency circle, such as Bao Erye and Li Xiaolai. After spending 1 million yuan on cryptocurrency speculation and making a fortune, he began to invest in mining. It is rumored that he had at least more than 10,000 bitcoins at the time. In 2020, Zhao Dong was arrested on suspicion of money laundering.

Guo Hongcai is a name that all old leeks know. He was originally a high school graduate who was a beef offender. He came into contact with Bitcoin by chance and joined the cryptocurrency circle, becoming Bao Erye. In 2016, Guo Hongcai went to the Davos Summit in big shorts and slippers, and said shamelessly in front of a group of financial professionals in suits that the market value of Bitcoin would exceed the GDP of all countries. As soon as this statement came out, it became a hit. By supporting various air coins, Guo Hongcai and the project party cut leeks drastically. In just a few months, they made a fortune that others could not make in several lifetimes. In September 2017, the issuance of coins was identified as illegal fundraising by the state. Guo Hongcai, who was guilty, quickly moved to the United States with his family and got a green card in a very short time. After that, he spent about 500 bitcoins to buy a 10,000-square-meter manor, named Leek Manor, and opened up a small piece of land in the manor to grow leeks.

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