Cryptocurrency investors locked out of $190m after exchange founder dies

QuadrigaCX, Canada’s largest exchange, was unable to access password or recovery key after Gerald Cotten died last December

About $190m in cryptocurrency has been locked away in a online black hole after the founder of a currency exchange died, apparently taking his encrypted access to their money with him.

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