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The Expert Witness from Uncover

S12: "A Death in Cryptoland" E3: Cracks in the Empire

The Expert Witness from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.510.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Gerald Cotten and his business partner, Michael Patryn, launch QuadrigaCX on Boxing Day, 2013. There’s hype in the budding Bitcoin community and the small exchange seems to have a meteoric rise. But cracks begin to appear, problems with the banks, a software bug, and delays in paying back customers. Meanwhile, online rumours of a criminal past dog Michael Patryn. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/a-death-in-cryptoland-transcripts-listen-1.6035764

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0:43.5

If you want to indulge in a little pageantry from the middle ages,

0:46.9

there is a show you can catch called Medieval Times. It's a thing across North America.

0:51.5

It's set in a pseudo castle in a big arena.

0:55.1

Men dressed as brightly colored knights speed through the stadium on horseback,

1:00.1

capes flying, jousting before a crowd, most of whom are wearing paper crowns.

1:05.6

It's basically dinner theater. I think you even eat with your hands.

1:10.3

The idea is to transport you back to the middle ages for a royal tournament.

1:15.2

You get to cheer for one of the knights doing battle while surfs and wrenches serve your meal.

1:22.4

This is where Michael Patron, the co-founder of Kudriga CX,

1:26.2

has said he and Gerald Cotton met for the first time.

1:28.9

That Jerry and Michael would go to a show where people pretend to be part of the royal court from hundreds of years ago,

1:36.9

seems a little strange for two guys who would go on to launch an exchange for modern currencies.

1:42.6

Surely they would have loved the competition or the illusion of it.

1:48.0

It was in Toronto around 2012, the year before Kudriga launched.

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