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A crypto CEO took $250 million in passwords to his grave

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Not your keys, not your coins, and especially not your pulse. The CEO of QuadrigaCX, Canada's largest crypto exchange, suddenly died on a trip to India in 2018. He was entirely responsible for managing the cold storage wallets, meaning he took the only passwords to a quarter billion dollars of customer funds straight to the grave.

A crypto CEO took $250 million in passwords to his grave
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