Bitcoin billionaire Mircea Popescu dead, leaving $2B fortune in limbo

Controversial Bitcoin billionaire Mircea Popescu, 41, has suddenly died, leaving behind a massive crypto fortune that could be worth as much as $2 billion — and which some speculate could be lost forever.

Popescu, known to be among the largest individual holders of Bitcoin in the world at one point, drowned last week off the coast of Costa Rica near Playa Hermosa after going for a morning swim, according to local news reports.

Popescu was reportedly “swept away by the current and died on the spot.”

His death has since been confirmed by three women who were reportedly known to be close to him, though others have raised questions over whether he’s actually dead.

His website, which he previously actively maintained, has not been updated since June 23, the day of his reported death.

https://nypost.com/2021/07/02/bitcoin-billionaire-mircea-popescu-dies-leaving-lost-fortune/

Two Boeing 737 cargo pilots rescued after emergency landing in ocean near Honolulu

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The pilots had reported engine trouble, the FAA said.

Both pilots were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.

The plane was built in 1975, according to flight tracking site Flightradar24. It was not a Boeing 737 Max, the manufacturer’s newest model that was grounded after 2 crashes in 2018 and 2019.

A Boeing 737 cargo plane made an emergency landing off the coast of Honolulu early Friday after pilots reported engine trouble, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Both pilots were rescued, the FAA said.

The aircraft was not a 737 Max, the plane that officials had grounded for 20 months through last November after two fatal crashes.

“The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the aircraft in the water,” the FAA said. “According to preliminary information, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued both crew members. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/02/boeing-cargo-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-ocean-off-honolulu-coast-faa-says.html