Gerald Cotten Death: Podcast Exit Scam Takes Deep Dive Into Blockchain Whiz’s Mysterious Demise Gerald Cotten, founder of QuadrigaCX, died in 2018, taking the digital keys of his customers’ cryptocurrency to the grave. By Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Updated: 11 May 2021 17:07 IST Photo Credit: Exit Scam The podcast will take a deep dive into the various wild theories surrounding death of the blockchain whiz Highlights The first episode of the podcast miniseries is titled The Lost Password Days before his death, Cotten had filed a will listing substantial assets A new podcast, Exit Scam: The Death and Afterlife of Gerald Cotten, looks at the mysterious and unexpected death of the CEO of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCx. Cotten passed away in 2018 while he was on a honeymoon trip to India, due to a stomach ailment. His widow told his customers that the CAD 215 million (roughly Rs. 1,300 crores) they had deposited in the exchange was lost forever, because he had forgotten to leave behind the passwords. However, not all of them were convinced and some began questioning the circumstances in which the 30-year-old, who was known to have Crohn's disease, died.