India, Sept. 1 -- A Canadian heiress from one of the world's richest families is taking her former best friend to court after a cryptocurrency gamble - recommended by a psychic and later confirmed by an astrologer - went disastrously wrong, wiping out $80 million.

Taylor Thomson, 66, the middle daughter of Canada's billionaire Thomson family, forged a close friendship with Ashley Richardson, 47, after meeting at a Malibu party in 2009. For over a decade, the pair shared a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles, but their bond shattered in 2022 following the crypto market crash.

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Richardson pushed Thomson to invest in Persistence (XPRT), a little-known digital token, after consulting celebrity ps...