比特币首席执行官自杀于新加坡
Bitcoin CEO found dead
in apparent suicide in Singapore
A young American woman
who ran the First Meta bitcoin exchange was found dead in her
Singapore apartment last week. Police are investigating the
“unnatural death”.
Autumn Radtke was found
on the morning of February 26 after Police received an emergency
call from an apartment building. She was pronounced dead at the
scene. A preliminary police investigation has ruled out foul play,
but neighbors told police they suspected Radtke jumped from an
apartment.
First Meta Ltd. issued a
statement on its website, saying they were ‘shocked and saddened’
by the news and gave their deepest condolences to Radtke’s
family.
"The First Meta team is
shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of our friend and CEO
Autumn Radtke. Our deepest condolences go out to her family,
friends and loved ones. Autumn was an inspiration to all of us and
she will be sorely missed,” the statement said.
The death of the 28-year
old followed a tumultuous week for the virtual currency. Mt.Gox,
once bitcoin’s largest online exchange filed for bankruptcy on
February 28 after $63 million worth of bitcoin went missing. The
headline-grabbing currency has been shrouded in controversy
since.
Prices fell sharply, and
the day Mt.Gox closed, the cryptocurrency was listed at $565, less
than half its value in November.
Neighbor and fellow
bitcoin start-up entrepreneur Steve Beauregard lived in the same
residential complex as Radtke and said her death wasn’t related to
her business. Beauregard is the CEO and founder of GoCoin, a
bitcoin processer started in April 2013.
"This wasn't a
bitcoin-related death. She had other things going on in her life.
Collectively, there were a lot of small factors. ... It appears she
picked a permanent solution to a lot of short term problems,"
Beauregard told Reuters.
First Meta is an online
exchange for virtual currencies and real money, and is funded by
Silicon Valley incubator Plug and Play.
Scott Robinson, an
employee at Plug and Play, described Radtke as ambitious, "She was
a go-getter, she always worked very hard ... she stuck out as one
of the only women representing bitcoin."
Like many governments,
Singapore doesn’t recognize the legitimacy of the bitcoin currency,
and has said they are not legal tender and users should know the
risks.
Singapore has long
attracted a large expatriate community because of the special tax
exemptions it can offer as an independent state and has favorable
conditions for start-ups.
Radtke moved from
California to Singapore in 2012, where previously she worked at a
video game currency start-up company. According to her LinkedIn
professional profile, she held positions at tech start ups Xfire
and Geodelic Systems.
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