{"id":70622,"date":"2022-11-25T18:52:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T16:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=70622"},"modified":"2025-09-08T03:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:22:26","slug":"amber-group-reports-death-of-co-founder-tiantian-kullander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/amber-group-reports-death-of-co-founder-tiantian-kullander\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Group reports death of co-founder Tiantian Kullander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 23, Amber Group co-founder Tiantian Kullander died. The information is on the cryptocurrency platform&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>Cause of death has not been disclosed. According to a press release, the entrepreneur leaves behind a wife and a son.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c[Kullander] played an important role in Amber&#8217;s founding and became one of the pillars of our success. \u2026 He sat on the board of Fnatic and created KeeperDAO,\u201d the company noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before Amber Group, Kullander <a href=\"https:\/\/hk.linkedin.com\/in\/0xttk\">worked<\/a> at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In 2019 Forbes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/amber-ai\/?list=30under30-asia-finance-venture-capital&#038;sh=17213585364d\">included<\/a> him in the annual list &#8220;30 Under 30&#8221; (Asia).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-25-v-19.11.28-1024x318.png\" alt=\"Amber Group reports death of co-founder\" class=\"wp-image-191837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-25-v-19.11.28-1024x318.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-25-v-19.11.28-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-25-v-19.11.28-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-25-v-19.11.28.png 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Forbes data.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In February 2022, the Singapore-based company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/amber-group-raises-200-million-at-a-3-billion-valuation\">raised $200 million<\/a> at a valuation of $3 billion and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/amber-group-acquires-japanese-bitcoin-exchange-decurret\">acquired<\/a> the Japanese Bitcoin exchange DeCurret.<\/p>\n<p>In the spring, Bloomberg sources reported plans for Amber Group to raise investment <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bloomberg-reports-amber-group-plans-to-raise-funding-at-a-10-billion-valuation\">at a $10 billion valuation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, on 1 November in Puerto Rico, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/makerdao-co-founder-nikolai-muchgian-dies-in-puerto-rico\">the co-founder of MakerDAO and DAI Nikolai Mukhgian died<\/a>. Shortly before, he wrote a strange post on Twitter, announcing the intention to <span data-descr=\"CIA\" class=\"old_tooltip\">\u0426\u0420\u0423<\/span> and <span data-descr=\"Israel's national intelligence service\" class=\"old_tooltip\">\u041c\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0430\u0434<\/span> &#8220;to torture him to death&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, off the coast of Costa Rica <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/media-early-bitcoin-investor-mircea-popescu-dies-off-the-costa-rican-coast\">drowned an early Bitcoin investor<\/a> Mircea Popescu. A few days earlier, in a Spanish prison <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/john-mcafee-found-dead-after-extradition-ruling-to-the-united-states\">75-year-old entrepreneur John McAfee was found dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our Telegram \u2014 crypto-news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 23, Amber Group co-founder Tiantian Kullander died. 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