Not Your Keys, Not Your Bitcoin: on April 15th 2019, QuadrigaCX DIED So You Would Verify Your Bitcoin - Self Custody Your Bitcoin is the only way to truely HODL

On April 15th, 2019, QuadrigaCX was officially declared bankrupt. The “CEO” was "dead". The cold wallets were empty. Over 26,000 BTC vanished because people trusted a centralized exchange to hold their Bitcoin for them. Back then, Bitcoin was ~$3,600. only $94 Million Total. Today? We're pushing $70,000. Those lost coins? Worth over $1.8 BILLION now. That’s generational wealth—vaporized—because users didn’t verify, didn't custody their own coins. The trusted, and found out. And what are "bitcoiners" doing now?

Apr 15, 2025 - 15:13
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Not Your Keys, Not Your Bitcoin: on April 15th 2019, QuadrigaCX DIED So You Would Verify Your Bitcoin - Self Custody Your Bitcoin is the only way to truely HODL
Not Your Keys, Not Your Bitcoin: on April 15th 2019, QuadrigaCX DIED So You Would Verify Your Bitcoin - Self Custody Your Bitcoin is the only way to truely HODL

On April 15th, 2019, QuadrigaCX was officially declared bankrupt. The “CEO” was "dead". The cold wallets were empty. Over 26,000 BTC vanished because people trusted a centralized exchange to hold their Bitcoin for them.

Back then, Bitcoin was ~$3,600. only $94 Million Total.

Today? We're pushing $70,000.
Those lost coins? Worth over $1.8 BILLION now.

That’s generational wealth—vaporized—because users didn’t verify, didn't custody their own coins.

The trusted, and found out.

And what are "bitcoiners" doing now?

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