Mark Carnegie’s crypto bromance turns sour

Campbelltown’s richest Russian and crypto hardman Sergei Sergienko has decamped to Dubai, the capital gains tax haven of choice for speculators booking profits from the shitcoin sector’s latest bull run.

Sergienko has also exited his role at Singapore-based business venture MHC Digital Group with blue-blooded business partner, venture capitalist and philanthropist Mark Carnegie.

We can reveal the crypto bromance has officially turned sour, after Sergienko told this column Carnegie was an “asshole” for coaxing him out of their business partnership in 2022 because the blockchain toff was worried about his esteemed reputation.

The volatile Russian also accused Carnegie of stealing the limelight over a charitable bid to name a new species of fly from Papua New Guinea “bitcoin” after they both bid for the naming rights at the Australian Museum Foundation Gala Dinner.

Asked for a response to the Russian’s broadside, Carnegie told us Sergienko’s problem was he never understood what it takes to run a crypto business regulated by ASIC.