More than $145 million worth of crypto is locked in cold storage with owners unable to access the assets.
There has been widespread speculation that Cotten faked his death to make away with clients’ investments.

The recent disappearance of South African brothers Ameer and Raees Cajee of Africrypt exchange with 69,000 BTC is just one of many crypto “exit scams”. As can be expected, the increase in mainstream interest in digital assets has brought with it scammers hoping to profit off the naive and in some cases, the not-so-naive.
One of the best-known ‘alleged’ exit scams was the sudden death of Gerald Cotten, founder of the Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX. Cotten’s death, according to official records was on December 9, 2018. The cause of death was revealed to be complications arising from his years-long struggle with Crohn’s disease. The CEO died while on his honeymoon in India.
The company did not announce this to the public until about a month later. It was reve

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