Faked Death or Real Tragedy? Inside North America's Biggest Ponzi Scheme

A $250 million crypto fortune vanished as Quadriga CX collapsed, and its CEO, Gerald Cotton, reportedly died in India. Tragedy, exit scam, or something in between? Through first-hand accounts, court filings, and on-chain sleuthing, this investigation traces how Quadriga CX grew from a 2013 startup into Canada's biggest Bitcoin exchange, then imploded after Cotton's sudden death in Jaipur. With passwords said to be locked on his laptop, investors were told massive sums of cryptocurrency were inaccessible. Ernst & Young, the court-appointed monitor, later… Video by YouTube channel.