The victims in the crash have been identified as Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, and 34-year old Travis Sellmon.
Police told Local News two vehicles were involved in the crash that injured five people and killed two.
Officers confirmed the Vitalik and Travis were travelling in seperate vehicles.
The accident, which happened shortly before 6:30 p.m., caused the closure of Lougheed Highway in both directions between Pitt River Road and Como Lake Road.
The highway re-opened after being closed for much of Sunday night as police investigated the crash.
Buterin has become a celebrity in the cryptocurrency space and is credited with co-founding Bitcoin Magazine in 2011. He has more than 90,000 Twitter followers and posts frequently about the industry’s latest news. He was a 2014 recipient of billionaire Peter Thiel’s prestigious fellowship and last year, he was included on Fortune’s 40 under 40 list.
Buterin reportedly first grew interested in bitcoin when his father introduced him to the concept, and he soon became an expert in the emerging field. In 2011, he launched the cryptocurrency’s eponymous magazine.
Many individuals have taken to twitter to theorize that Buterins death was actually a suicide due to the significant drop in Etheriums price.
Source: https://www.vionews.com/2017/06/25/vitalik-buterin-confirmed-dead-deadly-car-crash/
This is fake news?
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So true. If this is true the EOS ico screwed...Buy antshares :)
But eth is down so much...hmmm will have to wait and see
Ya sure he was on twitter 20 minutes ago..Just a FUD storm
No actual news site has said anything. It's all on 4chan and whatever this site is. Likely not real.