Episodes 8
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.5 (227)
Since Apr 2021
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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www.cbc.ca

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About This Podcast

When the young CEO of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is reported to have died while honeymooning in India, it sets off a cataclysmic chain of events that would leave about 76,000 people out of a quarter of a billion dollars and a trail of conspiracy theories around whether Gerald Cotten is dead or alive. A Death in Cryptoland is an original podcast series about a crypto-tycoon, his secret past, his sudden demise, and an online sleuth’s obsession to unravel the truth behind QuadrigaCX. Hosted by Takara Small. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.

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Recent Episodes

A Death in Cryptoland Introduces: Deepfake Porn Empire

Feb 24, 2026 38m

Deepfake porn is a billion-click industry built on stolen faces, while the people making it hide theirs behind screens. Hosted by journalist Sam Cole, Understood: Deepfake Porn Empire traces the…

A Death in Cryptoland Introduces: The Making of Musk

Oct 15, 2025 39m

Where did Elon Musk’s epic ambitions begin? In search of clues we return to his sheltered youth in apartheid South Africa, a world engineered for white supremacy. Along the way, we connect the dots…

Episode 6: The End Game

Jun 15, 2021 46m

The revelation that Gerry’s house of cards had been falling apart — just as he’s reported dead in India — leaves people wondering: is this an exit scheme? Could Gerry still be alive? From buying a…

Episode 5: Where’s the Money Gerry?

Jun 08, 2021 40m

As financial investigators struggle to find any of the missing quarter of a billion dollars, they begin to make some bizarre discoveries around how the exchange had operated — finding funny business…

Episode 4: Voleur

Jun 01, 2021 36m

Despite Michael Patryn’s denials that he’s a fraudster named Omar Dhanani, customers aren’t buying it. They’re demanding proof. A mugshot. A secret service agent, a felon-turned podcaster, and a…

Episode 3: Cracks in the Empire

Jun 01, 2021 33m

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…

Episode 2: Hunting Ghosts

May 24, 2021 38m

QuadrigaCX collapses and there’s widespread panic. An online sleuth searches for answers through a tangle of websites, hidden identities and a trail of emails. He uncovers a pattern of deception that…

Episode 1: The Body

May 24, 2021 37m

Upon checking into a luxury resort in India, Gerald Cotten complains to staff he’s feeling ill. He and his wife are taken to a hospital and within 24 hours the young CEO is declared dead. A month…

A Death In Cryptoland: Trailer

Apr 13, 2021 3m Trailer

When news spread that Gerald Cotten, CEO of QuadrigaCX, died on his honeymoon in India — and had been dead for a month — it set off a series of events that shook the cryptocurrency world. A quarter…

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