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    1. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      1. We identified clusters that look like QCX's "cold storage", were controlled by a human (manually), and balances were moved out by early 2018;

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    2. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      2. QCX was one of the oldest exchanges in existence (founded in 2013). If they planned an exit scam, it likely would have been timed better;

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    3. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      3. They suffered a multimillion dollar bug in June 2017 (before things went vertical). https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/6ettq5/statement_on_quadrigacx_ether_contract_error/ … This is when we start to see movement of funds to "cold storages";

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    4. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      4. Patterns of sends from cold storage suggest they tried keeping exchange afloat, and maybe attempted to trade their way out of a hole; (again just a guess here)

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    5. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      5. Liquidity dried out and bear market of 2018 may have caught up with them;

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    6. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      6. Sequence of events suggests this was a mismanagement with later attempt to cover for it.

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    7. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      This implies that at least few people inside Qadriga knew that they were running fractional. If so, then it's possible that untimely death of their CEO was used as an outlet to let the company sink.

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    8. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      Gerald Cotten reportedly died in early December 2018. But complaints about withdrawal issues on Quadriga escalated in mid 2018.

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    9. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      So maybe after about a month of debate [Dec - Jan], management decided to cut losses and release a statement claiming that access to money was lost with CEO's death?

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    10. Brian Armstrong‏Verified account @brian_armstrong Feb 21
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      While this story isn't perfect, it does seem plausible. I do want to emphasize that these are our best guesses based on the available data. As the case unfolds we might find out we were incorrect.

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      Nick Szabo  🔑‏ @NickSzabo4 Feb 21
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      An exit scam and trouble with the company finances are not mutually exclusive, indeed they often go together. When insiders know a company is going under, and thus their personal income in jeopardy, their time preferences increase, increasing likelihood of fraud.

      8:48 PM - 21 Feb 2019
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        1. CryptoJawnie‏ @JawnieDepp Feb 21
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          Very unfortunate, hopefully all turns out well for the customers impacted by this.

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        1. Kinetic Linking‏ @arjaydicar113 Feb 21
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          Quadrigas hotwallets were transfered to earnst and young a couple of days ago. I tried to withdraw my LTC / BTC 3 days before they shut down the website . My keepkey wasn’t functioning properly so I hesitated. What’s the chances my crypto was in a hot wallet and now with E&y?

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        1. mike 🌿‏ @spektred Feb 21
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          Gotta love #cryptotwitter. 😂 Nothing escapes their notice.

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        1. AGoodies  🚀‏ @SatoshiTheAlien Feb 21
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          They may not be mutually exclusive, but they are definitely not worth your attention and energy. The world will always have bad actors, but light will always conquer darkness. Fear is the path to the darkside...

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