THE #CRYPTOCURRENCY GENIUS WHO DIED SUDDENLY IN INDIA, TAKING THE KEY TO $190 MILLION TO HIS GRAVE.
Gerald Cotten founded QuadrigaCX, Canada’s largest exchange. He was young, successful, and managed the money of 115,000 clients.
He was so paranoid about security that he was the only person in the world who knew the password to the “cold vaults” where the money was stored.
In 2018, during his honeymoon in India, Gerald unexpectedly died from complications of Crohn’s disease. He was only 30 years old.
His wife and business partners tried to access the computers. Nothing.
Nobody had the key. $190 million in people’s savings were locked away forever on an encrypted laptop.
Gerald Cotten founded QuadrigaCX, Canada’s largest exchange. He was young, successful, and managed the money of 115,000 clients.
He was so paranoid about security that he was the only person in the world who knew the password to the “cold vaults” where the money was stored.
In 2018, during his honeymoon in India, Gerald unexpectedly died from complications of Crohn’s disease. He was only 30 years old.
His wife and business partners tried to access the computers. Nothing.
Nobody had the key. $190 million in people’s savings were locked away forever on an encrypted laptop.
