The sudden death of QuadrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotten has left $250 million worth of cryptocurrency inaccessible after he failed to share the password. As 115,000 customers scramble to recover their money, a friend of Cotten’s suggests there’s a tiny chance that money could be unlocked because of something called a dead man’s switch. Ross Lord explains.
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