After Gerald Cotton, founder and CEO of Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX sadly passed away on the 15th of January, a complex situation has started for users of the platform. The deceased founder was the only person with the keys to the storage wallets, making it extremely difficult to now recover those funds.
Changpeng Zhao, Forbes cover man in February 2018 and CEO of Binance, has twitted the following about the impasse in which users and managers of the QuadrigaCX are currently involved:
That's sad. There are many solutions to split private keys or signing to achieve 3/5, 5/7 etc. Never neglect security.
— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) February 2, 2019
Also, never have CEO carry private keys. Bad on many levels.
Personally, in good health and intent to live longer and prosper. Thx for asking. Stay #safu. https://t.co/4uPQnXNN2D