Malcolm CaSelle, a blockchain technology pioneer and Bitcoin entrepreneur, has died at the age of 50, according to a social media post from friend and colleague E. David Ellington.
“My younger brother, business partner, advisor and friend, Malcolm CasSelle, passed away yesterday in Mexico,” Ellington wrote on November 18, 2020. “Apparently his friends said he had a stomach ache when he got wake up. He took antibiotics. They returned six hours later to check on him and found him dead in his room (at their home).
CaSelle was the CEO of BIGtoken, a data management platform that leverages blockchain technology to enable consumers to own, verify and sell their own personal data. He was CIO of OPSkins, a video game skin trading platform, and President of Worldwide Asset Exchange (WAX), a marketplace for digital products built on a blockchain. Over a career that spanned decades, CaSelle has contributed to numerous projects in the fields of media, video games and technology.
“Malcolm was a big ball of energy and a great visionary in the crypto gaming space,” said Bill Barhydt, CEO of Abra. Bitcoin Magazine. “He will be missed by everyone he touched with his positivity and wit.”
According to his biography, he was a junior investor in several Bitcoin related companies.
“CasSelle entered the blockchain, bitcoin and other cryptocurrency ecosystem at the end of 2012,” according to the LA Games conference. “He was a partner in many early bitcoin mining projects and invested heavily in companies such as BTC China (BTCC), Blockchain Capital Partner (BCAP), GoCoin and many more.