Is QuadrigaCX a scam?
Canadian cryptocurrency exchange that filed for creditor protection in January 2019 after founder Gerald Cotten died in India in December 2018. Cotten was the sole holder of the cold-wallet keys, leaving roughly $190M in customer crypto inaccessible.
| Status | collapsed |
|---|---|
| Category | fake-exchange |
| First observed | 2013-11-01 |
| Collapsed | 2019-01-31 |
| Reported victims | 115,000 |
| Estimated losses | $190,000,000 |
Also known as
Quadriga