One of the world’s most popular pianists on YouTube has apparently been hospitalized after losing access to a Bitcoin stash worth over 2 million reais (over $366,000).

The story has been big news in Brazil, where the classical pianist, a Brazilian known as Lord Vinheteiro (his real name is Fabrício André Bernard Di Paolo), has over 7 million YouTube subscribers.

“I lost the password to my BTC wallet. I think the housekeeper threw it away along with some old sheet music I donated to a second-hand bookstore,” he tweeted last week. “Does anyone know how to recover passwords for the Ledger Nano X?”

The pianist subsequently shared a video of him searching for the backup in his home library. “You need to find that paper, the house will fall apart,” he says in the video. It’s unclear whether he is saying this to his housekeeper or someone else.

The incident followed a series of bad investment decisions Lord Vinheteiro said he made, including buying BTC at around $70,000 and selling his coins at around $50,000. (Presumably he bought another stash later on, which he stored in the Ledger.) He also said he invested in OIBR3 (a bankrupt Brazilian telco company) after listening to a recommendation from another YouTuber, resulting in over $30,000 in losses.

Lord Vinheteiro’s travails have been a major topi

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Author: Jose Antonio Lanz