--- description: Amanda Radtke, CEO of First Meta Exchange, was discovered dead in her Singapore apartment last week title: Bitcoin Exchange CEO Found Dead image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2087ba79561fefa2/69868426cd68480aff093747/rtx182y6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # American CEO of Bitcoin Exchange Found Dead in Singapore by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 4:49 AM CUT  Bitcoin has been troubled by a number of recent setbacks Bitcoin has been troubled by a number of recent setbacks© Jim Urquhart / Reuters—REUTERS by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 4:49 AM CUT Autumn Radtke, the American CEO of Bitcoin exchange First Meta Exchange, has been [found dead](http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-ceo-dead-2014-3 "undefined") in her Singapore apartment. Authorities are awaiting results of a toxicology report to ascertain the cause of death, but local media are already speculating that it could be a suicide. “The First Meta team is shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of our friend and CEO Autumn Radtke,” said a statement on the company’s website. The virtual currency Bitcoin has been stung by a series of ill-fated incidents lately, most notably the collapse of Japan’s leading Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox. \[[BI](http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-ceo-dead-2014-3 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/13563/american-ceo-of-bitcoin-exchange-found-dead-in-singapore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/13563/american-ceo-of-bitcoin-exchange-found-dead-in-singapore/"},"headline":"American CEO of Bitcoin Exchange Found Dead in Singapore","datePublished":"2014-03-06T04:49:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:36:27.485Z","description":"Yet another blow for the virtual currency","url":"https://time.com/13563/american-ceo-of-bitcoin-exchange-found-dead-in-singapore/","keywords":["Bitcoin","CEO","Dead"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2087ba79561fefa2/69868426cd68480aff093747/rtx182y6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Per Liljas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2087ba79561fefa2/69868426cd68480aff093747/rtx182y6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Some of Bitcoin enthusiast Mike Caldwell's coins are pictured at his office in this photo illustration in Sandy","caption":"Some of Bitcoin enthusiast Mike Caldwell's coins are pictured at his office in this photo illustration in Sandy","creditText":"© Jim Urquhart / Reuters—REUTERS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/13563/american-ceo-of-bitcoin-exchange-found-dead-in-singapore/","name":"American CEO of Bitcoin Exchange Found Dead in Singapore"}}]}] ```