QuadrigaCX
$1.7M of Bitcoin tied to QuadrigaCX reawakens after years of dormancy
Five wallets tied to the defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, previously thought to be inaccessible, have just been spotted moving around $1.7 million worth of Bitcoin after years of dormancy. Crypto researcher ZachXBT alerted the crypto community in a Twitter post on Dec. 19, highlighting the five wallets have transferred around 104 Bitcoin (BTC) on Dec. 17 to various wallets. Blockchain records show the wallets had not sent BTC since at least April 2018. Five wallets attributed to QuadrigaCX unexpectedly moved ~104 BTC on Dec 17 for the first time in years. 1ECUQLuioJbFZAQchcZq9pggd4EwcpuANe1J9Fqc3TicNoy1Y7tgmhQznWrP5AVLXj9R1MhgmGaHwLAvvKVyFvy6zy9pRQFXaxwE9M1HyYMMCdCcHnfjwMW2jE4cv9qVkVDFUzVa1JPtxSGoekZfLQeYAWkbhBhkr2VEDADHZB — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) December 19, 2022 Once Can...
Netflix‘s crypto swindler documentary draws wild community reaction
Netflix’s new crypto documentary titled Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King was released on Wednesday amid much fanfare. The documentary is based on the mysterious death of the now-defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX founder. [embedded content] The founder of the crypto exchange allegedly died on a trip to India. Along with him, he took away the whereabouts of the keys to crypto wallets containing around $250 million worth of cryptocurrencies. Unofficial investigations and numerous conspiracy theories followed the mysterious disappearance/death of the QuadrigaCX founder. The Netflix investigative documentary aims to clear some mystery around the high-profile crypto case that puzzles many even today. The crypto swindler documentary takes inspiration from “DON’T F*CK WITH CATS”-style i...
Daniele Sestagalli discusses Wonderland’s future after QuadrigaCX co-founder dox
On Friday, Daniele Sestagalli, co-founder of decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol Wonderland and stablecoin protocol Abracadabra, issued a statement on the path forward after the doxing of his colleague Michael Patryn: “Do we wind down or continue to fight for the aspect of an investment DAO [decentralized autonomous organization] being a revolutionary new organization? For the option that I am for, which is to fight and bring someone new and experienced to manage the treasury.” The day prior, an investor uncovered the identity of Wonderland’s chief financial officer to be Patryn, who was the former co-founder of defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX. Over $145 million worth of QuadrigaCX customers’ funds are still missing after the mysterious death of its co-...
