Cryptocurrency Firm Quadriga Collapsed Due to Late Founder’s Ponzi Scheme: Regulator June 15, 2020 By Nichola Saminather Last year’s collapse of Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform QuadrigaCX was due to a Ponzi scheme operated by founder Gerald Cotten,...
Cryptocurrency Fraud Losses Surge to $4.4 Billion: CipherTrace Report December 2, 2019 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Cryptocurrency theft has surged in 2019 compared with last year, with more money flowing through digital exchanges and criminals looking...
Investigation Uncovers Mystery of Quadriga’s Missing Cryptocurrencies Worth Millions June 21, 2019 By Doug Alexander It’s looking more and more like QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten mismanaged the digital-asset exchange before he died, with cryptocurrencies from...
Losses from Cryptocurrency Thefts, Fraud Surged to $1.2 Billion in Q1: Report May 1, 2019 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Losses from the theft of cryptocurrencies from exchanges and fraud-related activities surged in the first quarter of the year to...
Canada Eyes Regulation of Crypto-Trading Platforms Amid Ongoing Quadriga Scandal March 15, 2019 By Kristine Owram Canada is moving to overhaul its securities regulations to cover crypto trading platforms such as Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp., a...
Mystery of Quadriga’s Missing Cryptocurrencies Deepens as `Cold Wallets’ Found Empty March 4, 2019 By Doug Alexander When Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. founder Gerald Cotten died, account holders feared the encrypted access keys needed to recover C$190...
Crypto Startup BitGo Offers Insurance Against Quadriga Cold-Wallet Debacle February 20, 2019 By Olga Kharif While users of the troubled Quadriga CX cryptocurrency exchange remain unable to retrieve millions in funds, a startup backed by...
Quadriga’s Frozen Cryptocurrencies Highlight Canada’s Regulatory Vacuum February 11, 2019 By John Tilak and Matt Scuffham Canada’s biggest securities regulator said on Friday that it was looking into Quadriga CX, as concerns grow that a regulatory...
Judge Pauses Lawsuits Against Crypto Exchange as It Hunts for Missing Password February 7, 2019 By Tyler Choi A cryptocurrency platform that lost access to millions of dollars when its founder died with sole knowledge of company passwords...
Crypto Exchange Founder Dies, Along with Sole Password to Access $200M February 5, 2019 By Doug Alexander Digital-asset exchange Quadriga CX has a $200 million problem with no obvious solution — just the latest cautionary tale in...