Police in Singapore are probing what they call the "unnatural death" of an American woman who ran a firm dealing in bitcoins and other virtual currencies. Autumn Radtke, 28, was found dead in her apartment in what local media say was a suicide, reports the New York Post. Officials are waiting for the results of toxicology tests. Radtke, who moved to Singapore in 2012, worked for tech start-ups in California before joining the First Meta exchange, where she was known as one of the few women in the bitcoin community. In a post on its homepage, First Meta called Radtke "an inspiration to all of us" who "will be sorely missed."
The virtual currency has had some well-publicized problems lately, include the collapse of the Mt. Gox exchange, but associates say First Meta's exposure to bitcoins was relatively light and they don't believe the currency was a factor in her death. "This wasn't a bitcoin-related death," says the founder of Singapore-based firm GoCoin, who was one of the last people to see Radtke alive. "She had other things going on in her life," he tells Reuters. "Collectively, there were a lot of small factors ... It appears she picked a permanent solution to a lot of short-term problems." (More bitcoin stories.)
,
uBlock 
,
and
Ghostery 
)
