{"id":383632,"date":"2021-12-20T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-5-weirdest-crypto-stories-of-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T14:50:00","slug":"the-5-weirdest-crypto-stories-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-5-weirdest-crypto-stories-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"# The 5 weirdest crypto stories of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3365777e65d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3365777e65d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-5-weirdest-crypto-stories-of-2021\/#No_1_The_death_of_John_McAfee\" >No 1. The death of John McAfee<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-5-weirdest-crypto-stories-of-2021\/#No_2_India%E2%80%98s_prime_minister_appears_to_tweet_out_a_BTC_scam\" >No 2. India\u2018s prime minister appears to tweet out a BTC scam<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-5-weirdest-crypto-stories-of-2021\/#No_3_ConstitutionDAO%E2%80%98s_%E2%80%9CUno_Reverse%E2%80%9D\" >No 3. ConstitutionDAO\u2018s \u201cUno Reverse\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-5-weirdest-crypto-stories-of-2021\/#No_4_Elon_Tesla_and_Bitcoin\" >No 4. Elon, Tesla and Bitcoin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-5-weirdest-crypto-stories-of-2021\/#No_5_The_unsold_NFTs_of_Tupac_Shakur\" >No 5. The unsold NFTs of Tupac Shakur<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong># The 5 weirdest crypto stories of 2021  <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>In 2021, the market cap of cryptocurrencies skyrocketed 286% year over year, uplifting a $2.17 trillion industry into the stratosphere. But, with this vast creation of wealth comes the explosion of peculiar tales throughout the sector. From the suspicious death of multiple crypto-evangelists and crypto scams involving hacked <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> accounts of heads of states to much-promoted celebrity NFT drops that bombed at the auction, 2021 was truly a wild year for the cryptocurrency cyberspace. Without further ado, let\u2019s look at the top strangest stories that have captivated blockchain enthusiasts this year.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_1_The_death_of_John_McAfee\"><\/span>No 1. The death of John McAfee<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On June 23, John McAfee, crypto-evangelist and namesake founder of antivirus software company McAfee, was found dead in a Spanish jail cell in an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent suicide by hanging. The United States, one of the few countries that impose a taxation-by-citizenship regime \u2014 that is, Americans are taxed on their worldwide income each year regardless of their country of residence \u2014 had been seeking McAfee&#8217;s extradition for failing to file his income tax returns from 2014 to 2018 and allegedly not reporting income for his crypto projects. McAfee was arrested in Spain pending U.S. tax evasion charges. Back in 2018, McAfee was allegedly charging as much as $105,000 per Tweet to promote initial coin offerings (ICOs) on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In another Tweet two years prior, McAfee stated: \u201cIf I suicide myself, I didn&#8217;t. I was whacked,\u201d leading to\u00a0conspiracy theories that the businessman\u2019s death\u00a0may have resulted from an orchestrated attack. McAfee is remembered for his pioneering ventures in programming, early adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) and his eccentric personality. He famously said that he would \u201ceat [his own] dick on national television\u201d if the price of BTC did not reach $500,000 by 2020. In November, McAfee&#8217;s original software development company was acquired by private investors for $14 billion. McAfee is survived by his widow Janice McAfee and his children (of which McAfee <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/1218522947192795136?s=20\">claimed<\/a> to have at least 47).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today would have been John&#8217;s 76th birthday. As we continue to wait for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> from the courts I wanted to share some of my favourite memories of John. To honor John please share any photos you may have taken of or with him using <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JohnMcAfeeDidNotKillHimself?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JohnMcAfeeDidNotKillHimself<\/a> &amp; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForJohnMcAfee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForJohnMcAfee<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5iEQCTi7zx\">pic.twitter.com\/5iEQCTi7zx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janice McAfee (@theemrsmcafee) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theemrsmcafee\/status\/1439200595332698112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_2_India%E2%80%98s_prime_minister_appears_to_tweet_out_a_BTC_scam\"><\/span>No 2. India\u2018s prime minister appears to tweet out a BTC scam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Indian prime minister Narendra Modi\u2018s Twitter account was hacked again in December, with scammers claiming that India had adopted BTC as national tender, and 500 BTC are available for immediate distribution to Indian nationals who sign up via a phishing link. The tweet was briefly viewable to the public and Modi\u2018s 73.4 million followers before it was taken down. The year prior, a cybercrime group known as \u201cJohn Wick\u201d\u00a0hacked the prime minister\u2018s Twitter account and posted messages asking his followers to make crypto donations.<\/p>\n<p>Several hypotheses exist as to why Modi became a target of these Bitcoin scam hacks. One possible motive was revenge for the ongoing Bitcoin scandal in India\u2018s Karnataka state. According to Indian media outlets, Karnataka police and governmental officials allegedly received 12,900 BTC in bribes from hacker Srikrishna Ramesh, who was arrested for hacking three crypto exchanges and other websites in the previous years. When Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai asked about the issue in a meeting with Modi in November, the prime minister allegedly brushed off the issue. India currently faces a chaotic regulatory environment regarding the state of crypto affairs in the country.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2021-12\/3261a237-85f2-4b06-ab97-9de2c6457e2f.PNG\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Narendra Modi&#8217;s deleted Bitcoin Tweet<\/em> | <em>Source: India Today \/ Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_3_ConstitutionDAO%E2%80%98s_%E2%80%9CUno_Reverse%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>No 3. ConstitutionDAO\u2018s \u201cUno Reverse\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Back in November, a group of retail investors formed a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, intending to pool money to purchase the last privately-owned first-edition print copy of the United States Constitution at a public auction hosted by Sotheby\u2018s. Constitution DAO raised $49 million via Ether (ETH) donations from 17,437 participants. On the day of the auction, however, the piece of the constitution was outbid by Ken Griffin, CEO of Citadel, whose firm owned hedge funds that shorted <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>stop shares to the discontent of many retail investors promoting the stock.<\/p>\n<p>The ConstitutionDAO disbanded shortly afterward and issued refunds to its stakeholders. While it may be that the \u201cproletariat\u201d investors have nothing to lose but their chains, it\u2018s clear that the \u201cbourgeois\u201d won\u2018t allow them to be unshackled so easily.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">hi frens,<\/p>\n<p>we just sent out the final batch of refunds for those who contributed directly to juicebox after the auction. if you contributed post-auction and before our previously messaged cutoff date of 12\/6, you should have received your refund by now.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g7u2ENSoYE\">https:\/\/t.co\/g7u2ENSoYE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ConstitutionDAO (, ) (@ConstitutionDAO) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConstitutionDAO\/status\/1469758318910521349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_4_Elon_Tesla_and_Bitcoin\"><\/span>No 4. Elon, Tesla and Bitcoin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cryptocurrencies have been on a wild roller coaster ride this year, possibly in part to Tesla\u2018s CEO Elon Musk. Promoting digital meme currencies such as Dogecoin (DOGE) and aside, Musk\u2018s indecisive approach when it came to Tesla\u2018s Bitcoin adoption created and wiped out many fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Musk sent investors into a buying frenzy after announcing that Tesla would accept BTC as payment for consumers to purchase its electric cars. Two months later, the momentum reversed and turned into a full-on market rout after Musk dropped the plans, citing environmental concerns with network mining. Then in October, Tesla said it would reconsider adding BTC as a method of payment. Through all this, however, Musk became more popular as a helmsman, leading retail investors and crypto enthusiasts alike through the storms of capital markets. He was recently elected Person of the Year by Times Magazine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tesla &amp; Bitcoin <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YSswJmVZhP\">pic.twitter.com\/YSswJmVZhP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1392602041025843203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_5_The_unsold_NFTs_of_Tupac_Shakur\"><\/span>No 5. The unsold NFTs of Tupac Shakur<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For 29 years, former hip-hop journalist Lawrence \u201cLoupy D\u201d Dotson held on to a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of photographs of famed-rapper Tupac Shakur. The photos were taken at the rapper\u2018s \u201c2Pacalypse Now\u201d debut album release party in 1992 and were announced for public auction in the form of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in November of this year. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Loupy D stated: \u201cI also considered photo exhibits, museums, all kinds of ways. With NFTs, it\u2019s not just about the asset itself but the story behind the asset. I knew I needed to get my story out there in the public eye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The OpenSea auction had notable press coverage beforehand, including from RollingStone and Fortune.com. For a week, the auction continued. However, not a single piece was sold out of the 18 Tupac photo NFTs. In his disappointment, Loupy D took them off the platform and opened them up for private inquiries. But, to be fair, the photographer may have been asking too much, as each NFT piece had a minimum bid of 25 ETH ($100,000). Earlier this year, another artist <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/assets\/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e\/17720215329812187063510204984369245155416077761011027953638848465785153650689\">asked<\/a> 200 ETH ($1 million at the time) for a photo of Tupac Shakur taken 14 days before his death in a drive-by shooting. That NFT has not sold despite the price dropping down to 10 ETH. Simply asking too much or has Tupac\u2018s popularity faded? You be the judge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tupac?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tupac<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nfts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nfts<\/a> didn&#8217;t sell at auction on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/opensea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#opensea<\/a>, but as they say, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tmc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tmc<\/a> <br \/>Click link in bio for more information. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QvPaMbDawQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/QvPaMbDawQ<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8mc2MRSlc\">pic.twitter.com\/p8mc2MRSlc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Loupy D (@loupyd) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loupyd\/status\/1465729647791034368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"crypto_biz\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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