Late Quadriga CEO’s laptop may hold key to accessing $180M in missing cryptocurrency

HALIFAX – Experts in the cryptocurrency industry say there’s a slim chance technicians will be able to recover the $180 million in digital assets believed to be in the laptop of the late founder of the insolvent QuadrigaCX exchange platform.Alfred Lehar, a finance professor at the University of Calgary, says access to Gerald Cotten’s computer is probably protected by some form of digital security – but Lehar says those barriers could be overcome with the right tools.READ MORE: How crypto exchange QuadrigaCX lost access to $190 million of customers’ moneyHowever, Lehar says the big question is whether Cotten’s laptop contains the private digital keys needed to unlock the highly secure offline locations where the cryptocurrency is being stored – known as cold wallets.Cotten, a Nova Scotia resident and CEO of QuadrigaCX, was travelling in India on Dec. 9 when he died suddenly.WATCH: Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX granted creditor protection

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