got 23 bitcoins stolen

genuinely ouch, that would be lifechanging money for me (if I could sell them which I know is harder than it sounds).

Mentioned he was at an 8chan event in New York on reddit

Reminds me of the reddit guy who moderated all of the now-blacklisted subreddits from the early days, who showed up to a meetup with like twenty people and ten years later got doxxed because of it.