A primer on QuadrigaCX, the curious $134M cryptocurrency mystery

2019-2-8 18:38

QuadrigaCX, one of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, made headlines all over the world after the sudden death of its founder resulted in the loss of $134 million of users’ funds. The news came months after the troubled exchange had been complaining about banking issues, with some users describing problems with fiat and crypto withdrawals.

Given cryptocurrency‘s history (think Mt. Gox et al), reports of Gerald Cotten’ death served to exacerbate fears about the exchange‘s solvency or potential wrongdoing. The situation, although ongoing, is beginning to take shape with some progress being made in the legal sphere. As previously reported by…

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Quadrigacx Saga: Founder’s Widow Owns $5.6m Properties, Hospital Confirms Cotten’s Death

Troubled Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Quadrigacx may be newly armed with a 30-day stay from creditors, following the Feb. 5 bankruptcy hearing, but its late CEO’s widow, Jennifer Robertson, is on shifting ground as her affidavit is being picked apart by customers, experts and conspiracy theorists.

2019-2-8 21:01
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QuadrigaCX: Indian Hospital Releases Details About CEO’s Death

Private hospital Fortis Escorts has released details of the death of Gerald Cotten, CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX.

2019-2-7 13:00
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Indian Hospital Releases Details About QuadrigaCX CEO’s Death

Private hospital Fortis Escorts has released details of the death of Gerald Cotten, CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX.

2019-2-7 13:00
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QuadrigaCX Granted Creditor Protection After CEO’s Death Makes $190 Million Inaccessible

Following the sudden death of the 30-year-old founder Gerald Cotten, one of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges was granted an order for creditor protection in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court while the company looks to recover $190 million in investor funds.

2019-2-7 02:24	QuadrigaCX
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Blockstream Open Sources Development of Its Proof of Reserves Tool

On February 4, 2019, blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the development of a “proof of reserves” tool to standardize the authenticity of exchanges’ crypto reserves.

2019-2-7 01:01	Privacy & security
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Bitwise Asset Management Head Researcher: 95% of Tokens Will Die a Painful and Deserved Death

It seems that the bull market will kill 95% of the cryptocurrencies in the market. At least this is what Matt Hougan, the global head of research at Bitwise, said about virtual currencies and the cryptocurrency market as a whole.

2019-2-6 18:53	News
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Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX given 30-day lifeline to find ‘lost’ $134M

Troubled cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has been granted an order for creditor protection by a Canadian supreme court. The court-issued order means QuadrigaCX will have 30 days of initial protection from its creditors to allow it to come up with a ‘Plan of Arrangement’.

2019-2-6 14:50	hard fork
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Bitcoin Was ‘Total Bubble’ & 95% of Crypto ‘Will Die Painful Death’: Bitwise Exec.

The bitcoin bull market was a bubble that burst in 2018, but the “painful” event had a major upside: It attracted a lot of money and talent to the burgeoning industry. That’s the assessment of Matt Hougan, the global head of research at Bitwise, creator of the world’s first cryptocurrency index fund.

2019-2-6 02:55
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Crypto Researcher: QuadrigaCX Exchange Never Had $190 Million Worth of Bitcoin in its Coffers

The story of distressed Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX which filed for bankruptcy since the sudden death of its CEO, Gerald Cotten, has taken a new dimension, as a recent research report by Zerononcense has revealed that the cryptocurrency trading venue never had the $190 million in bitcoin it claimed to have lost access to since […]

2019-2-6 23:39	News
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Court Grants QuadrigaCX Bankruptcy Protection

Today, February 5, 2019, a court in Nova Scotia, Canada, granted bankruptcy protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) to the embattled Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX.

2019-2-6 23:12	Law & justice
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QuadrigaCX Plot Thickens; Money Starts Moving Following CEO’s Death

QuadrigaCX, which was once Canada’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, has endured plenty of problems over the past year including a bank freeze, legal disputes, and other troubles. Last week, the exchange filed for creditor protection, citing “significant financial issues” as the cause.

2019-2-5 00:43	Cryptocurrency News
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Quadriga CEO Death – Funds Moved From ‘Lost’ Cold Wallets

A company with legal problems; a mysterious death; missing customer funds. The QuadrigaCX story could have come straight from the pen of a hack Hollywood writer. Well now, the internet’s faithful crypto-investigators, claim to have found evidence of transactions initiated from the supposedly ‘lost’ cold wallets.

2019-2-4 20:00	QuadrigaCX
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Canadian Exchange Insolvent After CEO Dies With Keys to $145M of Cryptocurrency

Death is complicated enough in the cryptosphere when a private investor dies with the private keys to their fortune. But the pain is amplified exponentially should the deceased be the CEO of a digital currency exchange responsible for the safekeeping of millions of dollars.

2019-2-2 18:45
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Monero (XMR) Founder Talks About Bitcoin’s Death Spiral on Magical Crypto Friends Episode

The cryptocurrency market has been discussing the so-called death spiral that was ‘threatening’ Bitcoin at the end of 2018. Last year, Bitcoin (BTC) lost more than 80% of its value affecting the whole network.

2019-1-20 20:22	News
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Dead Altcoins: Telltale Signs of a Doomed Cryptocurrency

The big bear year of 2018 has battered all digital currencies leaving no survivors. The majority of them have lost over 80% since their peaks this time last year. Some have lost even more and developers have closed up shop leaving the altcoins to die a slow death.

2019-1-2 10:32
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Investor: Bitcoin Won’t Fall To $0, Will Weather The Crypto Storm

As Bitcoin (BTC) collapsed in 2018, many naysayers and cynics claimed that the end was nigh for the world’s first cryptocurrency. Some critics drew attention to Bitcoin’s mining ecosystem, claiming that the hashrate drought would catapult BTC into a “death spiral,” whereas miners would flee en-masse.

2018-12-25 01:30	Market
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Bloomberg: Bitcoin Price “Fading”, $1,500 Possible

After MarketWatch got lambasted for publishing a questionable op-ed regarding a Bitcoin mining “death spiral,” the financial media continued their bearish cryptocurrency coverage on Wednesday.

2018-12-6 17:00	price
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UBS’ Paul Donovan Claims Bitcoin Is in its Death Throes and Wants it “Buried”

In a scathing November 26, 2018, blog post titled “I come to bury Bitcoin, not to praise it,” UBS Group’s Global Chief Economist Paul Donovan has called for the end of the cryptocurrency bubble. Claiming that bitcoin is in its “death throes,” he attempted to reason that a loss of over 80 percent is “not healthy” for any economic asset.

2018-12-2 13:00
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Bitcoin is on the Verge of Falling Apart, Says Paul Donovan

Paul Donovan recent bearish remarks for Bitcoin is an attempt to bury the top-ranking cryptocurrency for good. UBS Executive Sounds the Death Knell for Bitcoin According to CNBC, Paul Donovan, Chief Economist of UBS Global Wealth Management, stated that he didn’t have any praises for Bitcoin, instead, was ready to bury the number one virtual […] The post Bitcoin is on the Verge of Falling Apart, Says Paul Donovan appeared first on Ethereum World News.

2018-12-1 10:08
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Death of ICOs: Security Tokens Will Take Center Stage in 2019

ICOs might be the most popular way to raise funds in the crypto industry, but their fame could be short-lived. The potential market for security tokens is enormous, with estimates for the broader transition of financial assets to blockchain valued at up to US$24 trillion, the South China Morning Post reported on November 26, 2018.

2018-11-28 22:00	security tokens
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No, Lower Bitcoin Price Won’t Start a Mining ‘Death Spiral’

A giant mining initiative sponsored by the government of Paraguay should quell fears the current Bitcoin price lows hurt the profitability of the practice. Golden Goose Will Have 15 Years’ ‘Guaranteed’ Power In a press release November 18, Korean Blockchain startup Commons Foundation confirmed authorities had “guaranteed” electricity for the Golden Goose project, which it says will be “the world’s largest cryptocurrency mining center and global exchange.

2018-11-26 14:00
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Knowable Cryptocurrency Supporter John McAfee’s Troubled Past Of Belize Neighbor May Not Be Over

The cryptocurrency enthusiasts and Bitcoin bullish has been found liable for the death of his neighbor in Belize Gregory Faull. According to news outlet The Register, his neighbor was found dead with a gunshot back in 2012.

2018-11-18 07:21	News
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Blockchain hard forks explained as quickly as possible

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Cryptocurrency forks are as inevitable as death and taxes.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Crash! Price Plummets to One-Year Low as Cryptocurrency Market Sees Red

Bitcoin (BTC) fell by more than 11 percent on Wednesday to reach its lowest level since October 2017. This sudden fall comes after months of contracting volatility leading to a prolonged period of sideways trading and stability.

2018-11-15 23:58	XRP
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Bitcoin ATM Saga: Indian Police Arrest Second Unocoin Co-founder

The law enforcement agents in Bengaluru, recently arrested the CEO and co-founder of Indian cryptocurrency trading company, Unocoin, leading to the death of Bitcoin ATM in Bengaluru. This comes on the heels of the arrest of Unocoin’s first co-founder earlier in the week.

2018-10-27 18:40
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The Death of Hype, Amara’s Law and the Crypto-Anarchist Dream

The hype surrounding blockchain and cryptocurrency has simmered to a dull roar. Last December, the markets spiked as traders drooled over the thought of lining their pockets. They believed they would be billionaires.

2018-10-23 15:15
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Stackr: The Dawn of a Digital Asset Savings Solution - [BTC Media Sponsor]

Financial savings have long been the foundation of wealth and asset building. However, we are now in a time when the growing obsolescence of financial institutions has forced certain technologies out of date, created high fees, revealed structural inefficiencies and, ultimately, meant that some standard investment solutions now fail to place consumer needs first.

2018-10-6 16:37	Bitcoin
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Analysts See Ripple (XRP) As The Future Of Payments, Not Bitcoin (BTC)

In a recent discussion on the Modern Wall Street show, 4 speakers; Stephen Guilfoyle (founder of Sarge986 LLC), Jim Rickards (The Death Of Money’s author), with 2 economists, Douglas Borthwick and David Williams came together to talk about “the gold market and its correlation with cryptocurrencies,” most especially Bitcoin.

2018-9-25 00:04	XRP
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Crypto Exchange Poloniex Dumps Eight Underperforming Coins

Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is delisting eight coins: BitcoinDark (BTCD), Bitmark (BTM), Einsteinium, (EMC2), Gridcoin (GRC), NeosCoin (NEOS), PotCoin (POT), VeriCoin (VRC) and BitcoinPlus (XBC).

2018-9-20 01:10	Digital assets
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“Get Rich Quick” Cryptocurrency Investors Feel the Pain While “Smart Investors” Celebrate

Many of you are looking at the market and wondering how low it will go before bouncing back, or maybe wondering if it will come back at all. Those pundits on the news are trying to say this might be the death of Bitcoin, and the fact it has lost value over the last few […] The post “Get Rich Quick” Cryptocurrency Investors Feel the Pain While “Smart Investors” Celebrate appeared first on NullTX.

2018-9-12 20:00	Investing
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‘Totalitarian’ – Antonopoulos Slams India’s Identity-Based Digital Currency Plans

Andreas Antonopoulos has labeled plans from India’s central bank to create an identity-based national digital currency as “incredibly dangerous” as details emerge of a fresh crackdown on cash. ‘Democracy Dies’ In comments on Twitter August 30, the well-known cryptocurrency educator said India’s history of limiting cash availability to citizens and forcing through surveillance measures via its Aadhaar system would lead to the “death” of democracy.

2018-8-31 19:00	Reserve Bank of India
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Coinbase Co-Founder: ‘Money Is The Ultimate Minimalism’

Economist Tyler Cowen thinks that, thanks to digital minimalism, America is facing the death of private property and capitalism as we know it. But as Fred Ehrsam alludes to, the birth of cryptocurrency may suggest otherwise.

2018-8-14 02:33	Opinion
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Litecoin Price Death Spiral Illustrates Pointlessness of LTC

A few months ago, this publication covered a story on Litecoin’s founder, Charlie Lee, who had predicted LTC would become the fourth largest cryptocurrency by total value. His prediction of the Litecoin price was based on his belief that LTC would find greater mainstream usage than other cryptocurrencies.

2018-7-20 21:06	LTC
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Why Did BWC Organizers Cancel Mcafee’s In-Person Speech?

The notorious and controversial cryptocurrency figure John McAfee has once again made headlines. Bitcoin bull McAfee was scheduled to deliver a live speech at Blockchain World Conference (BWC), however owing to “a number of credible death threats against McAfee,” organizers were compelled to cancel the in-person speech.

2018-7-19 03:00	#twitter
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Most ICOs Meet an Early Death, but People Don’t Seem to Care

Crypto start-ups are infamous for using initial coin offerings (ICOs), a controversial form of fundraising to gather initial funds for their projects. However, the companies raising money may not have a sustainable business idea.

2018-7-11 17:14	ICO
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Marie-Antoinette Predicts Ripple XRP Will Hit $3.00 By 2018 End

Ever think you’d see the name of the last Queen of France – Marie Antoinette mentioned in a cryptocurrency news headline? Well, whilst this almost looks as if Antoinette predicted XRP to hit $3.

2018-7-10 14:00	ripple
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Binance Donates $1 Million to Japanese Flood Victims

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is showing its humanitarian side by donating $1 million to the victims in West Japan that were affected by the heavy rains on 7 July 2018.

2018-7-8 19:00	Japan
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As death approached, India touched the environment for its encryption

A few warning signals and conflicted statements later, the RBI finally pulled the plug on cryptocurrency exchanges. On July 06, a near-complete crackdown—at least temporarily—on cryptocurrencies will take hold in India.

2018-7-5 11:50	RBI
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ICYMI: Cryptocurrencies Death Toll At 800, Says Tech Report

For cryptocurrency world, there was a harsh bit of stock-taking on hand, as analysts report that nearly 800 of the cryptocurrency launched so far now cease to exist. The survivors of the suicidal survival in cryptocurrencies are Bitcoin, Ripple and Ethereum.

2018-7-4 09:38
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Bitcoin ‘Is Constantly Under Attack,’ Claims Give Bytes CEO

While some in the media are calling for Bitcoin’s imminent death, other experts believe that the market leader will easily survive the onslaught of ‘attacks’ it constantly receives while making a full recovery.

2018-7-3 22:00
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Savage goes against the charges of Gregory Death Handling

News Following a expose, alleging market manipulation of controversial alternative token Tether (USDT) on its exchange, Kraken fires off a savage blog post mocking journalists and defending their business’ integrity.

2018-7-2 10:17	United States
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Bitcoin To ‘Disappear In A Puff Of Smoke?’ — Or Are The Fires Just Getting Stoked?

The bears are again out in full force, grumbling on about the impending death of Bitcoin. History and fundamentals suggest that the cryptocurrency is far from becoming ‘wiped out. ’ ‘A Puff Of Smoke’ I’ve been reading a lot of news lately about the declining price of Bitcoin and have received some ‘I told you so’s’ from nay-sayers claiming that once again, ‘Bitcoin is dead.

2018-7-2 04:00
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Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: Fortunes and Fallacies

This week, leading South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb experienced a major hack, while Mt Gox, the most notorious exchange to be hacked in bitcoin history, is also back in the news.

2018-6-24 20:05
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3 Reasons Why ‘This Is Not the Funeral For Bitcoin,’ According to Brian Kelly

While some analysts are stereotypically predicting Bitcoin’s funeral following its continued bearish trend, trader Brian Kelly has urged followers to cool their jets and look at the bigger picture.

2018-6-23 16:00	price
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Ethereum & Cardano Founder: Cryptocurrency Will Become a Multi-Trillion Dollar Industry

Charles Hoskinson calls out the mainstream media’s constant predictions on the death of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme – scam bubble on Twitter predicting an influx of trillions of dollars from institutional markets once the next round of regulation is settled.

2018-6-22 12:30
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Till Death Do Us Fork: Planning for Cryptoasset Inheritance

For many, the experience of adding crypto coins to their financial portfolios has proven to be the thrill of a lifetime. As a new type of holding with a unique set of tools and rules, cryptocurrency is wealth with its own wow factor.

2018-6-15 18:54	Investing
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