Cryptocurrency investors locked out of $190m after exchange founder dies
by Dominic Rushe from Technology | The Guardian on (#48E54)
QuadrigaCX, Canada's largest exchange, was unable to access password or recovery key after Gerald Cotten died last December
About $190m in cryptocurrency has been locked away in a online black hole after the founder of a currency exchange died, apparently taking his encrypted access to their money with him.
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