Canadian Exchange, QuadrigaCX, Takes Spotlight After CAVIRTEX Bows Out
On Tuesday, February 17, the Canadian Bitcoin community was surprised to learn that its biggest and longest-serving exchange, CAVIRTEX, was to wind down operations by March 25. Enter QuadrigaCX, heir apparent to the title of Canada's largest Bitcoin exchange. An older version of the CAVIRTEX database, including 2FA secrets and hashed passwords, may have....
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