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Quadrigacx Co-Founder Compelled to Account for 45-Bar Gold Stash
30.3.2024
Michael Patryn, co-founder of the now-defunct Quadrigacx cryptocurrency exchange, has been compelled by Canadian officers to explain the origin of his wealth. Patryn must explain how he acquired a stash of 45 gold bars, more than $180,000 in cash, and a jewelry set with a diamond-studded Rolex...
Rwanda Government Orders Banks to Stop Facilitating Crypto-Related Transactions
14.2.2023
According to the National Bank of Rwanda, the country’s regulated financial services providers are now prohibited from facilitating crypto-related transactions. In her Jan. 31 letter justifying the decision, the acting governor Soraya Hakuziyaremye cites the unregulated status of most crypto...
$1.7M in Quadrigacx Bitcoins Move, Court Trustee EY Says Transfers Were ‘Unauthorized’
21.12.2022
On Dec. 19, the Twitter account Zachxbt revealed he discovered five cold wallets from the now-defunct Quadrigacx crypto exchange move 104 bitcoin. The following day, ‘big four’ accountancy firm EY, Quadrigacx’s bankruptcy court trustee, explained it did not authorize...
$1.7M of Bitcoin tied to QuadrigaCX reawakens after years of dormancy
20.12.2022
The wallets were thought to be inaccessible following the death of the exchange's founder in 2018, as he had sole responsibility for the wallet's private keys
Netflix to release documentary about QuadrigaCX CEO's mysterious life and death
23.9.2021
Many claimed Gerald Cotten had faked his death and absconded with millions in crypto, even briefly demanding his body be exhumed
Quadriga CX Trustee Raises $30 Million for Reimbursements to Creditors, Claimants Want $171 Million Instead
7.11.2020
The trustee of the now-defunct crypto exchange, Quadriga CX says the sell-off of the platform’s assets raised $30 million. This contrasts with the $171 million in claims that has been filed with the trustee by Quadriga creditors. Consequently, Ernst and Young (EY), the accounting firm...
QuadrigaCX trustee only has $30M to pay $171M worth of claims
6.11.2020
The trustee for the collapsed Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, has received $171 million in claims from the exchange’s customers
Canadian Regulator Unveils the Truth Behind Collapsed Crypto Exchange Quadrigacx
12.6.2020
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has completed its investigation of what happened to the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Quadrigacx which owes over 76,000 clients a combined $215 million in assets. Supposedly deceased, its founder Gerald Cotten was found to have committed a series of fraud...
Quadriga Was a Ponzi Scheme, Ontario Securities Regulator Says
11.6.2020
NEW: The Ontario Securities Commission has published a scathing report calling now-defunct Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX a "Ponzi," and denouncing the practices of founder and CEO Gerald Cotten
17,000 Quadrigacx Users Seek $307M from the Failed Canadian Crypto Exchange
13.5.2020
About 17,000 people have filed claims for refunds from the collapsed Canadian digital asset exchange Quadrigacx. Altogether, the claims, denominated in both cryptocurrency and fiat, amount to nearly $307 million. According to a document released Tuesday by Ernst & Young, the court-appointed...
Lawyers Ramp Up Pressure to Exhume Quadriga CEO’s Body
28.1.2020
Miller Thomson is doubling down on its request that the RCMP exhume Quadriga founder Gerald Cotten's body by publicly requesting an update from Canadian MP Bill Blair, who oversees the agency
Vulture Investor Is Looking to Buy QuadrigaCX Creditors’ Claims
8.1.2020
Argo Partners, a New York-based investment firm, wants to buy QuadrigaCX creditor claims, should there be sufficient interest
Darknet ICO, Bitmain Infighting, Calls for Cotten to Be Exhumed: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 9–15
15.12.2019
In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, bitter infighting at Bitmain, Libra’s white paper quietly updated, and the $146 million ICO that’s almost certainly illegal
Quadrigacx Founder Dead or Alive? Request for Exhumation and Autopsy Filed
14.12.2019
It has been a year since the founder of now-defunct crypto exchange Quadrigacx supposedly died in India. However, some 76,000 victims are still out of millions of dollars. A court-appointed lawyer representing them has now requested an exhumation and post-mortem autopsy in Canada of the dead body...
QuadrigaCX Victims Request Proof of Gerald Cotten’s Death By Exhuming Body
13.12.2019
Canadian law firm wants to exhume the body of Gerald Cotten, the deceased owner of the now-defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX
‘Request for Exhumation’: QuadrigaCX Creditors Ask for Proof That Cotten Is Dead
13.12.2019
Creditors of QuadrigaCX have asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to exhume and conduct an autopsy of the failed exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten
4 Agencies Are Investigating Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX
27.8.2019
A report from QuadrigaCX bankruptcy trustee Ernst & Young published Monday outlines which agencies are investigating the failed exchange
QuadrigaCX Judge Approves $1.6 Million in Expenses for EY, Law Firms
31.7.2019
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge approved more than $1.6 million in fees for the companies appointed to recover funds on behalf of QuadrigaCX's former users