Singapore: An American CEO of a virtual currency exchange has been found dead in her home in Singapore. A police spokesman said Thursday there was no suspicion of "foul play" in the death of 28-year-old Autumn Radtke.
The spokesman says Radtke was found dead in her home on February 26. Her company, First Meta, said it was "shocked and saddened by the tragic loss."
First Meta allowed users of virtual currencies such as bitcoin to trade and cash out the currencies. The future of bitcoin has been under scrutiny since the collapse of the Mt. Gox exchange in Tokyo last month.
Singapore police are investigating what they have called the "unnatural" death of a 28-year-old American woman who ran a small exchange that traded virtual currencies, including bitcoins, from the Asian city state.
"The police are investigating the unnatural death," a police spokesman said late on Wednesday when asked about media reports Radtke had been found dead last week. He gave no more details.
First Meta said in a statement on its website that its team was shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of its CEO.
Before heading up First Meta in 2012, Radtke had business development roles at tech start-ups Xfire and Geodelic Systems, according to information on her LinkedIn profile.
First Meta runs an exchange for virtual currencies and assets. It initially functioned as an online trade platform for the currency used in online world Second Life, and then expanded to other games. Last year it allowed users to sell bitcoins for dollars. That feature is not currently available.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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