i've seen this dude's name mentioned recently a lot and i don't get why people have been talking about him when his actions are the common mistakes that a lot of newbies have been making and nobody talked about any of them. basically that is most of the topics created in tech support board!
not to mention that he NEVER owned any bitcoins because when you don't have your private keys and all you have is an "account" on a "server" then you don't own any bitcoins even if that "server" is blockchain.com and it lets you have your keys.
He's a libertarian radio personality who is a gold-bug and has been campaigning against bitcoin for years because he fears that it's convenience as digital gold will depress the demand for actual gold.
The surprise was that he owned any bitcoin at all. And then he was obviously trying the trope of "see how easy it is to lose bitcoin".
That's why he got so much publicity in the mainstream press.