Investors To Lose $190 Million After Owner Of Cryptocurrency Company Dies Unexpectedly With Passwords

Investors To Lose $190 Million After Owner Of Cryptocurrency Company Dies Unexpectedly With Passwords

People who invested in cryptocurrency with QuadrigaCX will lose their
money – nearly $190 milion – after the company’s founder died without
tranferring the passwords to anyone.

30-year-old Gerald Cotten, the founder of QuadrigaCX, Canada’s
largest cryptocurrency exchange, died last year in India from
complications with Crohn’s disease. Before his death, he had the only
password to unlock the funds and didn’t get to transfer that knowledge
to anyone.

QuadrigaCX has lost nearly $190 million of their investors’ money
following Cotten’s death as all efforts to get the passwords has proved
abortive.

His widow, Jennifer Roberston, said in a statement that she has
recovered her late husband’s work laptop, but is unable to access it
because she doesn’t know the password. The company said they’ve hired a
security expert to try to access the funds, but he has been unsuccessful
so far.

The company is no longer accepting investments on their platform after it was put on pause by directors late last month.