The disappearance of the crypto billionaire: Nikolai Mustegian and the unanswered questions. Nikolai Mustegian The son of Russian scientists > Study computer science at Carnegie Mellon Internship at Apple, working on system tools. I gradually became strongly attracted to the philosophy of decentralization. 🔻 2014-2018: > Partnering with Rune Christensen to build MakerDAO > Designing the first single-collateral Dai version > Co-authored by Dai Purple Paper > Building DSProxy and security patterns that DeFi still uses today. Contributing to the launch of Dai in 2017 > Left the project in 2018 after disagreements surrounding the level of centralization and development direction. 🔻 2018-2021: > Co-author of Balancer's whitepaper > Contributed to the creation of WETH - a wrapper used by most protocols. > Building a DappHub and the Dappsys toolkit Launch RAI - a stable asset based on the "pure crypto" philosophy. Working with Feedbase and Manaflow Donates over $5 million to Carnegie Mellon to fund crypto research. 🔻 2021-2022: Isolation period > Moving to Puerto Rico alone with my dog > Live more privately The tweets are becoming increasingly paranoid. Writing about intelligence agencies and "bad actors" Friends say he had struggled with mental health issues for years. His family says he always felt like he was being hunted. 🔻 October 28, 2022 Tweet about the CIA, Mossad, and a human trafficking ring. A few hours later, I was walking alone on Condado Beach. The strong current swept him out to sea. > "died" due to drowning The wallet was still in the pocket, with no signs of violence. The police concluded it was an accident. 🔻 2023-2025: Hypotheses Many conspiracy theory accounts are constantly spreading theories involving the CIA and Mossad. Others are attempting to link the crypto deaths to unrelated cases. His wallets showed no transactions. The family believes that public opinion is focusing too much on conspiracy theories while ignoring his mental health issues. What really happened? Source: StarPlatinum_