Market cap for cryptocurrency rose 286% annually in 2021. This pushed a $2.17 billion industry to the top of the charts. The sector has seen a lot of strange stories since the massive creation of wealth. Crypto-evangelists were mysteriously killed, and scams using hacked Twitter (NYSE) accounts of heads states led to a wild 2021 for cryptocurrency. The auction also saw the demise of celebrity NFT drops. Without further ado, let’s look at the top strangest stories that have captivated blockchain enthusiasts this year.

John McAfee was born on June 23rd, the crypto-evangelist who also founded McAfee’s antivirus software company McAfee. Spanish prison cell: Found deadAn apparent suicide by hanging. The United States, one of the few countries that impose a taxation-by-citizenship regime — that is, Americans are taxed on their worldwide income each year regardless of their country of residence — had been seeking McAfee’s extradition for failing to file his income tax returns from 2014 to 2018 and allegedly not reporting income for his crypto projects. McAfee, who was allegedly accused of tax evasion in the United States, was taken into custody in Spain. McAfee was allegedly making $105,000 per Twitter to encourage initial coin offerings (ICOs).