just read something wild about the quadriga collapse back in the day... apparently there's now an official death certificate showing their ceo actually died in india. like, this whole saga was already insane but the fact that it took this long to get official documentation is kind of crazy

for context if you weren't around then - quadriga was a canadian exchange and gerald cotten basically disappeared with everyone's money. people were speculating for years about whether he even died or just vanished with the crypto. and now gerald cotten's death certificate from india is apparently the actual proof

the whole thing just shows how messy things got in early crypto. no regulation, one guy holding all the keys, and when he's gone... everything's gone. thousands of people lost access to their funds. gerald cotten's death might've been real but it didn't stop the conspiracy theories

kind of a grim reminder why exchanges need actual security infrastructure and custody solutions now. can't believe this is still being uncovered in 2026