QuadrigaCX was keeping customer funds in a safety deposit box
Gerald Cotten revealed in 2014 that QuadrigaCX was keeping customer funds in an offline paper wallet, stored away in a bank safety deposit box.
Gerald Cotten revealed in 2014 that QuadrigaCX was keeping customer funds in an offline paper wallet, stored away in a bank safety deposit box.
The saga surrounding the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange out of Canada continues to move forward as law firms Miller Thomson and Cox & Palmer will represent more than 100,000 customers of the crypto exchange in the coming weeks.
As if it couldn’t get any worse for QuadrigaCX, it now appears the exchange might have thrown away an additional $500,000 in cryptocurrency.
The Canadian crypto exchange had its day in court, and Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Wood ruled in their favor, allowing creditor protection and a 30-day stay of proceedings.
In a statement posted to the homepage of their website, QuadrigaCX have announced they are looking for creditor protection from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has had a rough couple of months. It saw its assets frozen last October over a dispute regarding who actually owned funds held by the exchange before a court ordered most of the funds to be released.
QuadrigaCX exchange users are reporting that they are still not able to access their funds.
QuadrigaCX's disputed funds must be turned over to the Accountant of the Superior Court "to await the outcome of a proceeding in this court, on notice to the Depositors, to determine entitlement to the Disputed Funds."
In the latest example of banks taking exception to promising crypto businesses, press reports have revealed that Vancouver-based QuadrigaCX has been facing a freeze on assets worth as much as CAD28 million.