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Multiple Bitcoin wallets linked to cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX have moved funds after being dormant for three years. These wallet addresses transferred the funds on December 16th and December 17th.
QuadrigaCX funds transferred
The movement of these funds was detected by ZachXBT, which estimated That 104 BTC, worth about $1.7 million at current prices, was transferred. Of this number, 69 BTC were sent to cryptocurrency mixing service Wasabi.
Funds were transferred using four Bitcoin wallet addresses. These wallets have been dormant since February 2019. This is when QuadrigaCX, a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange, started bankruptcy proceedings.
In 2019, when QuadrigaCX filed for bankruptcy protection, the exchange’s bankruptcy trustee, Ernst and Young, mistakenly sent 103 BTC to a wallet address they could not access. After announcing the false transfer to the public, the crypto community identified the wallet addresses used in the transaction and those belonging to the Canadian exchange.
According to a report before CoinDeskErnst & Young did not initiate these transfers. Furthermore, Magdalena Gronowska, a member of the QuadrigaCX Bankruptcy Commission, said the bankruptcy trustee did not move the funds.
Grunowska also said that the bankruptcy commission knows that this money was transferred. The committee was looking for more information about the transactions, hoping to recover the stolen money.
QuadrigaCX bankruptcy
QuadrigaCX is a cryptocurrency exchange that filed for bankruptcy in 2019. The company filed for bankruptcy following the death of its founder and CEO, Gerald Cotten. At the time of the stock crash, QuadrigaCX was the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Canada. The exchange owes thousands of customers $200 million in various cryptocurrencies.
During its early reporting after filing for bankruptcy protection, Ernst & Young said Cotton was the sole owner of the exchange and the only person with access to the exchange’s funds. According to investigators, Cotton did not perform proper record-keeping, which is why it took years for the exchange’s clients to be compensated.
Investigators were looking into stolen exchange funds and regulatory non-compliance. The Canada Revenue Agency is looking into QuadrigaCX and whether the exchange filed taxes in a timely manner. People close to the matter admit that the tax investigations were part of the reason the bankruptcy case persisted
The mysterious death of QuadrigaCX founder and CEO has sparked many conspiracy theories, with some saying Cotton faked his death as part of an exit scam as the exchange’s financial troubles began. The events surrounding Cotton’s death and the stock market’s bankruptcy were the subject of a Netflix documentary released this year.
Before his death, Cotton revealed that one of the best ways to store private keys is to print them out and store them in a safety deposit box. He also revealed that the exchange stores its private keys offline in a safe deposit box at a bank.
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