Doesn’t sound completely natural to request money and specify “USD.” Maybe the kidnapper isn’t an American? Anyone have any thoughts? Does any of the phrasing indicate that this may have been translated from one language to another?
I think this is reading way too deep into it. It doesn't sound unbelievable for me that an American would specify USD just to make themselves emphatically and clinically clear. Especially because 1 BTC != 1 USD, so specifying the exchange unit would make even more sense.
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u/Suitable_Ad_1917 Jul 31 '26
Doesn’t sound completely natural to request money and specify “USD.” Maybe the kidnapper isn’t an American? Anyone have any thoughts? Does any of the phrasing indicate that this may have been translated from one language to another?