Aaron Lammer, author and host of the Exit Scam podcast, recounts the mysterious and controversial death of QuadrigaCX’s founder Gerald Cotton. Show highlights:
A quick recap of QuadrigaCX
why Aaron felt compelled to create a series on QuadrigaCX
how Gerald Cotton, a lifelong Ponzi-addict, came to be the CEO of Canada’s largest crypto exchange
what Ponzi-schemes Gerald ran before starting Quadriga CX
why customers trusted QuadrigaCX and what red flags were readily apparent looking back
the sketchy tactic Gerald used to single-handedly boosted QuadrigaCX’s trading volume by 30%
a new wife, empty wallets, a hastily written will, and the circumstances surrounding Gerald’s shocking death
how Gerald’s dark web background might have prepared him to fake his own death
what the chances are that Canadian authorities exhume Gerald’s body
why Aaron is skeptical Gerald’s widow was “in” on the QuadrigaCX fiasco
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Episode Links
Aaron Lammer
Co-founder of Longform.org + co-host of Longform Podcast (2010+)
Treats Media -- podcast platform (2018+)
Exit Scam
CoinTalk: https://medium.com/s/cointalk
Podcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/exitscampod
Episodes:
The Lost Password
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-password/id1565845318?i=1000521095118
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-ii-the-co-founder/id1565845318?i=1000521984138
The Co-Founder https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-iii-the-ponzi-schemer/id1565845318?i=1000522885172
The Ponzi Schemer
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-iv-the-chris-markay-account/id1565845318?i=1000523624957
The Chris Markay Account https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-v-the-old-friend/id1565845318?i=1000524470802
The Old Friend
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-vi-the-coffin/id1565845318?i=1000525407259
The Coffin
Quadriga
Deep Dives:
CBC News
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/bitcoin-gerald-cotten-quadriga-cx-death
Vanity Fair
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/the-strange-tale-of-quadriga-gerald-cotten
Amy Castor timeline
https://amycastor.com/2019/02/12/how-the-hell-did-we-get-here-a-timeline-of-quadrigacx-events/
Ontario Securities Commission
https://www.osc.gov.on.ca/quadrigacxreport/
Details
Ontario Securities Commission deems Quadriga an “old fashioned fraud” + “Ponzi”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/the-strange-tale-of-quadriga-gerald-cotten
https://www.coindesk.com/quadriga-was-a-ponzi-scheme-ontario-securities-regulator-says
Crypto officially recognized as property in Canada due to this case
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=728711fd-5d3c-43ea-91b4-efb8c02f4bec
Fun Reddit stuff
Is a Gerald Cotten alive? -- a poll:
https://www.reddit.com/r/QuadrigaCX/comments/m17kip/is_gerald_cotten_really_dead/
Graphic connecting Michael Patryn to Omar Dhanani
https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinCA/comments/828dnr/quadrigacx_cofounder_michael_patryn_is_a/
Lawyers publicly request that RCMP exhume Gerald Cotten’s body
https://www.coindesk.com/lawyers-ramp-up-pressure-to-exhume-quadriga-ceos-body
Report on Gerald Cotten transferring funds into a personal account
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/28259/quadrigacx-co-founder-transferred-user-funds-into-personal-accounts-ey
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