Cryptocurrency Pioneer Wrote CIA Would ‘Frame’ Him a Day Before He Died in Puerto Rico

An illustration picture shows gold plated souvenir cryptocurrency Tether (USDT), Bitcoin, and Ethereum coins arranged beside a screen displaying a trading chart, in London on May 8, 2022. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

The co-founder of the cryptocurrency lending platform MakerDAO and the decentralized stablecoin Dai, Nikolai Mushegian, has been found dead in Puerto Rico at the age of 29, sparking speculation on Twitter regarding the circumstances surrounding his death.

Mushegian’s death was confirmed by local news outlet El Nuevo Dia on Friday.