That the value of any crypto asset can change drastically in the blink of an eye is what most investors are now aware of. That a large crypto exchange can be a just-another Ponzi scheme is what many of us may have forgotten.
‘Bitcoin Widow’ book
The new book ‘Bitcoin Widow’ is co-written by the widow of Gerald Cotten. It reveals some disturbing details. In her book, Jennifer Robertson is said to have distanced herself from the multi-million-dollar fraud perpetrated by Cotten through his Quadriga Fintech Solutions.
Robertson is also said to have claimed that Gerald Cotten led different personal and professional lives, and she wasn’t aware of what lay beneath the wealth Cotten had accumulated.
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Quadriga crypto exchange
The exchange QuadrigaCX was once believed to be the biggest of its kind in Canada. It started in 2013, much before Canadians thronged to risky crypto assets like Bitcoin and Dogecoin in huge numbers. In December 2018, the founder CEO Cotten died in India at age 30.
In its investigation, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) found that QuadrigaCX was nothing but a ‘modern technology’ wrapped Ponzi scheme that ran on a pyramid structure. The bubble was destined to go burst when the exchange could no longer cover payments to older users through money from new depositors.
The loss of millions of dollars
Cotten, who is said to have documented a ‘get-rich-quick’ scheme when…
