QuadrigaCX
According to a new court filing, the embattled Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX claims that on February 6 it accidentally sent $468,675 in Bitcoin to cold wallets it can no longer access. The company alleges that it’s working “to retrieve this cryptocurrency from the various cold wallets, if possible.”
The exchange says its former CEO passed away in December, and was the only one with access to all of the company’s cold wallets.
The latest vanishing batch of Bitcoin is part of a larger loss. In total, the exchange says, despite efforts, it’s unable to retrieve $145 million ($190 million CAD) worth of its customers’ digital assets since Gerald Cotten passed away in India last year.
Ripple and XRP
Twitter bots appear to be targeting users who follow Ripple on Twitter, sending a “warning” against investing in XRP. The bots have sent dozens of tweets in the past 24 hours. Here’s a look at two of the tweets sent by the FUD-spreading robots.
https://twitter.com/HosleyHeather/status/1095463472253394944
https://twitter.com/tidwell_cedric/status/1095493388638478336
Bitcoin
Three Bitcoin whales have moved a total of $92 million in Bitcoin in the last 24 hours. None of the transfers appear to be traders gearing up to sell.
The biggest whale sent 20,000 Bitcoin worth about $72 million from one unknown wallet to another.
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 20,000 #BTC (72,582,941 USD) transferred from Unknown wallet to Unknown wallet
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) February 13, 2019
The other transfers sent funds from crypto exchange Poloniex to an unknown wallet. One moved 4,309 BTC worth $15.6 million, while the other fired off 1,559 BTC worth $5.6 million.
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