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QuadrigaCX

Canadian cryptocurrency exchange whose founder Gerald Cotten died in December 2018 in India, allegedly taking sole access to ~$190M in customer funds with him. Subsequent investigations found the exchange was operating as a Ponzi scheme.

Records: 1
Cumulative losses: $190.0M

Records featuring QuadrigaCX

victim·January 31, 2019resolved
QuadrigaCX Collapse — January 2019
Canada's largest crypto exchange collapsed after its 30-year-old founder Gerald Cotten was pronounced dead in India in December 2018, leaving sole access to ~$190M in customer funds. Forensic investigation later concluded the exchange had been a Ponzi scheme.
$190.0M affected

Records featuring QuadrigaCX

QuadrigaCX Collapse — January 2019