Gerald Cotten and his business partner, Michael Patryn, launch QuadrigaCX on Boxing Day, 2013. There's hype in the budding Bitcoin community and the small exchange seems to have a meteoric rise. But cracks begin to appear, problems with the banks, a software bug, and delays in paying back customers. Meanwhile, online rumours of a criminal past dog Michael Patryn.
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- Hosted by Takara Small.
- Associate producer: Eunice Kim
- Sound design: Natasha Aziz and Graham MacDonald.
- Digital producer: Emilie Quesnel.
- Senior producer: Chris Oke
- Executive producer CBC Podcasts: Arif Noorani.
- Special thanks to Dave Downey, Cesil Fernandes, and Neha Poonia. Legal advice by Sean Moreman, and fact-checking by Emily Mathieu.
- Additional audio comes from NPR, BBC, and CNN.
Canada, Accounting Crime, Law, Crime and Justice, Cryptocurrency