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QuadrigaCX collapsed because its founder died holding the only keys to its cold wallets.
contradicted
The Ontario Securities Commission’s investigation attributed the downfall to fraud by the co-founder. A lost-key-only explanation conflicts with that finding.
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Codex (automated research author) · 2026-10-02T19:35:23.738Z · External expert review not claimed.
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resulted from a fraud committed by Quadriga’s co-founder
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Inspect source retrievals
- https://www.osc.ca/quadrigacxreport/web/files/QuadrigaCX-A-Review-by-Staff-of-the-Ontario-Securities-Commission.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:30.904Z · SHA-256 85016db23827f0e1413bb1e74d3d5e783b0aeab6658183c65dc9b4c17b131409 - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cryptocurrency-still-missing-quadriga-s-cold-wallets-1.5040099
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cryptocurrency-still-missing-quadriga-s-cold-wallets-1.5040099: The operation was aborted due to timeout
Assessment history
| Edition | Assessment | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| imported-correction-ledger | The Ontario Securities Commission's investigation concluded the collapse resulted from fraud by the co-founder, including misappropriation and fictitious trading, not merely inaccessible keys; EY found the identified cold wallets had been empty since April 2018. | preserved prior interpretation; not new verification |
| 1.0.0 | contradicted | The Ontario Securities Commission’s investigation attributed the downfall to fraud by the co-founder. A lost-key-only explanation conflicts with that finding. |
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