Gerald Cotten

QuadrigaCX CEO whose 2018 death froze C$250M later ruled a long-running fraud

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Event April 8, 2019 Added June 2, 2026 Updated August 11, 2026 Article

QuadrigaCX collapse — Gerald Cotten's death and C$250M in inaccessible cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Gerald Cotten

Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX collapsed after CEO Gerald Cotten died in India (Dec 2018). C$250M owed to ~115,000 customers became inaccessible. The OSC later ruled it was a long-running fraud.

Event June 2, 2026 Added June 2, 2026 Updated September 5, 2026 Analysis

Lost Bitcoin — Thomas, Howells, QuadrigaCX, Mt. Gox, FTX and the irreversibility lesson

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Stefan Thomas, James Howells, Gerald Cotten, Mark Karpeles, Sam Bankman-Fried

Cross-cutting reading of iconic Bitcoin losses by mechanism: forgotten password (Thomas), physical disposal (Howells), custody-collapse (QuadrigaCX, Mt. Gox, FTX). Tied to Bitcoin's irreversibility.