If you’re feeling suicidal, please get help and look for a professional to talk to:
If you’re not ready to talk to someone yet:
- How to help yourself when you’re feeling suicidal
- How to ask for help if you’re having thoughts of suicide
“Don’t make permanent decisions based on temporary feelings.” — Bobby Umar
2022
Taiwanese man commits suicide after losing nearly NT$60 million from Luna crypto crash — May 24, 2022
“TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A man in Taichung City was found dead on Tuesday (May 24) after falling from his apartment in an apparent suicide after losing a large sum of money from the collapse of the crypto token Luna.” — Taiwan News
Bitcoin trader, 23, takes own life after break-up and losing all his money — February 7, 2022
“A heartbroken man decided to end his life after breaking up with his girlfriend and losing all of his money to Bitcoin.
Stefano Reale, 23, had broken up with his girlfriend and lost his investment shortly before he took his own life.
His body was found by a passerby in a wooded area of Wanstead Flats in east London last September.” — The Mirror
2021
Telangana man dies by suicide after losing Rs 70 lakh in cryptocurrency — November 23, 2021
“A man in Telangana’s Suryapet town allegedly committed suicide after losing money in cryptocurrency, police said. G. Ramalingaswamy (36), hailing from Khammam, allegedly killed himself by consuming poison at a lodge in Suryapet town.
Police late on Wednesday recovered his body from a room after the lodge owner lodged a complaint that the person staying in the room was not responding to door knocks.” — India TV
Man dies by suicide in Noida — September 2, 2021
“Noida: A 34-year-old man allegedly killed himself at his Sector 24 house around 9pm on Monday after “losing some money in cryptocurrency”, officials said. Police have found a suicide note from the room, but his family alleged foul play due to domestic disturbances.
According to police, when the man’s wife went inside the room on Monday night to call him for dinner, she found him hanging from the ceiling fan. She raised an alarm, and officials of the local residents’ welfare association (RWA) made a call to the Sector 24 police station, and a police team took the man to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.” — Hindustan Times
Police: Suicide Linked to USD 180,000 Crypto Losses — April 30, 2021
“A South Korean man aged in his twenties has committed suicide – and police claim that a crypto investment gone wrong likely drove him to take his own life.
Police in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, said the man was found dead in the area on the afternoon of April 24. No suicide note was discovered, but officers told the media that crypto investment was thought to have driven the man to take his own life – although their investigation is still ongoing.
Per Hanguk Kyungjae and Money S, the man had told his parents that he had been “mentally distressed” by an investment “failure” involving at least one unnamed cryptoasset.” — Crypto News
Banker ends life after losing money in Bitcoin trade — April 22, 2021
“KASARGOD: A temporary employee of a public sector bank allegedly died by suicide after she lost money in Bitcoin trade. Susheela, 39, of Meenapis Kadappuram in Kanhangad had consumed rat poison on Monday after which she fell ill. She died on Thursday after her condition deteriorated.” — The New Indian Express
Chinese couple kills daughter, commit suicide due to loss in Bitcoin — January 5, 2021
“A couple in China decided to commit suicide after killing their daughter when the husband lost a huge share of money while investing in Bitcoin.
Emergency rescue teams in China rescued a man named Zheng from drowning in June last year after he jumped from the Xinghaiwan Bridge in Dalian into the sea.
However, two more dead bodies were later found floating ashore later, and police discovered that they belonged to the wife and daughter of the man who had been rescued before.” — The Business Standard
2020
Trader Allegedly Commits Suicide After Begging Influencer for Help — December 6, 2020
“The popular crypto influencer, who has over 181K followers, tweeted Sunday saying that he will no longer accept DMs after a trader he was talking with took his own life. He said he had received “too many ‘I will commit suicide this weekend unless you give me 0.2 btc’ messages.’” — BeInCrypto
Before Suicide, French Programmer Made Bitcoin Bequests to Pro-Trump Groups — December 2020
“In December 2020, a French computer programmer named Laurent Bachelier donated more than half a million dollars in bitcoin to a variety of right-wing causes. That same day Mr. Bachelier, who suffered from a debilitating medical condition, killed himself.” — The Wall Street Journal
2019
Chinese Crypto Entrepreneur Killed Himself after Losing 2000 BTC Using 100x Leverage — June 5, 2019
“Hui Yi, the 42-year old CEO and co-founder of BTE.TOP, a data analysis and service provider for the crypto market, has reportedly passed away on June 5. According to information circulated on the Internet, Hui was suspected of embezzling 2,000 BTC (roughly $14.5 million calculated by the recent bitcoin price) from users of the firm to short bitcoin with 100x leverage and lost all the funds.” — 8BTC
Indian Bitcoin Trader Hangs Himself, Blames Senior Cop in Suicide Note — May 19, 2019
“A bitcoin trader in India’s Gujarat State has been pushed to suicide after incurring losses in a cryptocurrency investment he made on behalf of a senior police officer.
According to Ahmedabad Mirror, the Bharat Patel hanged himself early Sunday. This was after Chirag Savani, a deputy superintendent of police, and his elder brother, Harnish Savani (AKA Montu) pressured him to compensate them for losses they incurred after investing in bitcoin.
In a suicide note, Patel explained that he had invested money belonging to the two brothers in bitcoin. Allegedly the senior police officer had invested an amount worth five bitcoins at an unspecified time. But following a decline in the price, the two brothers now wanted a little over 11 bitcoins as compensation” — CCN
2018
Young Bitcoin millionaire dies in suspected suicide after having fortune stolen — May 7, 2018
“He was found dead after struggling to deal with the mistake that resulted in the robbery at his home in the village of Lazurniye Berega, just outside St Petersburg in northwest Russia.
The cottage where he was staying was raided by a gang dressed in Santa Claus costumes..
The gang also took a number of iPhone X handsets and crashed his Bitcoin mining farm, which he used to amass his cryptocurrency fortune.” — NZ Herald
Man commits suicide after loss on cryptocurrency — February 1, 2018
“A man in his early twenties was found dead at his home in Busan in what appears to be a suicide, police said Thursday.
According to the Busan Jin Police Station, the man was suffering from depression after losing a large amount of money trading cryptocurrencies.
The mother of the deceased told officers that her son had been taking sleeping pills after losing a huge sum of money trading cryptocurrencies following the collapse of prices on exchanges in recent months.” — The Korea Times
