QuadrigaCX: A Review by Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission

OSC | Staff | Jun 11, 2020 Executive Summary The downfall of crypto asset trading platform QuadrigaCX (Quadriga) resulted from a fraud committed by Quadriga’s co-founder and CEO Gerald Cotten (Cotten). Clients entrusted their assets to Quadriga, which provided false assurances that those assets would be safeguarded. In reality, Cotten spent, traded and used those