Posted February 8, 2019 at 3:30 am EST.
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To listen to {that a} 29-year-old died of problems from Crohn’s illness is stunning sufficient. However it’s virtually unbelievable when the individual in query was in command of a crypto change that held an estimated $150 million of buyer funds and that he was the one individual with entry to the reserves. That’s what many within the crypto neighborhood thought final week when information of the dying of Gerald Cotten, the CEO of Canadian crypto change QuadrigaCX, unfold. Taylor Monahan, the CEO of MyCrypto, seemed on the Ethereum blockchain itself to see what could possibly be gleaned from QuadrigaCX’s holdings. She talks about whether or not or not the change had “chilly storage” — addresses wherein buyer funds had been held, what Quadriga was doing with buyer funds and why a number of the decisions it was making appear at odds with the everyday operations a crypto change. She additionally discusses what crypto customers can take away from this debacle.
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Episode hyperlinks:
Taylor Monahan: https://twitter.com/tayvano_
My Crypto: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/standing/1092439754849759233
QuadrigaCX: https://www.quadrigacx.com/
Taylor’s tweet storm about her findings from the blockchain: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/standing/1092439754849759233
CoinDesk article recapping what’s at the moment identified and never but identified concerning the case: https://www.coindesk.com/quadrigacx-explainer
CoinDesk article on how the hospital has launched details about Gerald Cotten’s dying: https://www.coindesk.com/quadrigacx-indian-hospital-releases-details-about-ceos-death
Globe and Mail article noting Cotten finalized his will lower than two weeks earlier than he died: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/enterprise/streetwise/article-quadriga-cant-access-190-million-following-ceos-death-court/
New York Instances article on the scenario: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/enterprise/quadriga-cx-gerald-cotten.html
