Since the death of co-founder Gerald Cotton last December, Bitcoin exchange QaudrigaCX fell under close scrutiny by both the public and Canadian tax authorities. Originally the founder’s widow, Jennifer Robinson claimed that Cotton had taken the pass words to millions of dollars worth locked in accounts with him.
Experts examining the operation’s block chain records have concluded that there never were any “cold wallet” accounts and that those running QaudrigaCX had been speculating with depositors’ money. Additional suspicion has fallen on the firm with near- certainty that Cotton’s co-founder is a notorious identity thief and burglar, Omar Dhanani, who was deported back to Canada from the US after serving a prison sentence. More
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has begun questioning all Canadians about their Bitcoin holdings and their trades in the cryptocurrency. More
I’m stunned with disbelief….
“A foole and his money be soone at debate: which after with sorow repents him too late.” -T. Tusser
A couple guys at work, smarter than everyone else of course, brag about how much money they make trading Bit Coin…. then lament about how much they lose.
Might as well be having fun in Vegas with better odds!
Try to pay your taxes or utility bills with coin. Let me know how that works out for you.😆
Bitcoin (stupid spellcheck)^^^^
I saw this the other day. Pretty incredible how much energy Bitcoin consumes, for some reason.
https://checkyourfact.com/2019/03/07/fact-check-electricity-mine-bitcoin-solar-panels/
Oh, I thought it said Canadian BACON.
I don’t know that much about bitcoins, and I am not interested in digging into the idea. It just seems to have “pyramid scheme” written all over it.
How old is the advice “never buy a pig in a poke”? I’m guessing old enough that many people don’t even know what it means. How about buying “high end home theater components” from the back of a rental truck? Parked next to a gas station? Still sealed in their “factory” boxes? No? What about “the world’s next reserve currency”? From a factory in Mongolia? With computers, and stuff?
Can you put on your “shocked” face, that people who would buy such merchandise, and the people that will sell it to them, don’t seem “quite right”?
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