After the transfer of 100 Bitcoin (BTC) from a wallet that was accessible to Gerald Cotten, the deceased CEO of QuadrigaCX, Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in the past, conspiracy theories began to circulate that the CEO planned his own death.
Blockchain researcher ZachXBT posted on his official social media account on Dec. in a post he madeCanada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in the past to QuadrigaCX from 5 cryptocurrency wallets 107 million dollars worth in total 104 BTC reported the transfer. access Only unexpectedly at the deceased CEO the mobilization of cold wallets, which are to intense speculation led to
The well-known company, which was once Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is named after its CEO, Gerald Cotten. December 2018 on of your death next April 2019 on filing for bankruptcy had been found. At the time of bankruptcy 155 thousand 200 million users The stock market, which has crypto currency debts worth $ Big 4 known as prestigious audit firm Ernst & Young had undertaken. audit firm, QuadrigaCX in February 2019 as a result of an error of 103 BTC reported that it was transferred to cold wallets accessible only to the deceased CEO Cotten.
CEO, 2014 One of the best ways to store cryptocurrencies, he said in an interview in in the cold wallet He stated that he wanted to keep his private keys in a safe. As part of the interview he gave after his death, he shared a large part of the company’s assets. the way he said appeared but private keys not found for wallets could not be accessed. Ernst & Young reported that it was working with QuadrigaCX to access wallets.
Is the CEO alive or have funds been stolen?
Transfer news on social media investors, After the death of Gerald Cotten, they started to produce conspiracy theories. Some users are own your death while some users claim that the stock market finally to assets attained that you can drew attention.
Member of QuadrigaCX’s creditors committee and insolvency investigator Magdalena Gronowska On the other hand, he claimed that the funds were not carried by Ernst & Young, but were stolen as a result of an attack:
Authorities are aware that QuadrigaCX funds have been moved. Thank you to everyone who followed the transactions, we are working to gather more information and hopefully we can recover the stolen funds.
on the other hand QuadrigaCX or Ernst & Young from the front No statement has been made on the subject yet.