Ontario Securities Commission

The Ontario Securities Commission is Ontario, Canada's provincial securities regulator; entries here cite its June 2020 staff report on the 2019 collapse of the QuadrigaCX exchange.

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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.