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Crypto-funded longevity city collapses after promising immortality

Ellsworth Toohey
Nov 10, 2025
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Scientists at Vitalia, a pop-up city on a Honduran island, promised to “make death optional” by fast-tracking longevity drugs outside U.S. regulatory constraints. According to a report in The New Republic, the experiment attracted crypto enthusiasts and biohackers to Próspera. This special economic zone claimed companies…

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