The CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency agency WonderFi was kidnapped and held for ransom on Wednesday, in keeping with CBC. Dean Skurka was reportedly shoved right into a automobile in downtown Toronto throughout rush hour, solely to be launched unhurt after electronically sending $1 million (presumably CAD) to his captors.
The WonderFi CEO is the most recent crypto movie star to fall sufferer to a violent theft. That is the 171st incident of bodily violence to steal cryptocurrency, a safety agency tells the CBC.
Skurka’s firm reported third-quarter earnings a day earlier than the incident, producing $41 million CAD in income over the past 9 months. In the meantime, the value of Bitcoin soared above $76,000 this week, reaching a brand new document excessive for the digital foreign money.
WonderFi is backed by Shark Tank co-host Kevin O’Leary and is among the many most distinguished publicly listed crypto companies in Canada, per Cointelegraph.
