Collapse Files · CF-056
He Co-Founded The Exchange. He Left In 2016. He Found Out About The $190 Million The Same Way Everyone Else Did.
QuadrigaCX, Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, owed approximately CAD $190 million to 76,000 customers after its founder, Gerald Cotten, died in December 2018. The shocking revelation of his death and the resulting financial disaster became public knowledge in January 2019, leaving many customers questioning the circumstances.
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