Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery (2021)

Directed by

Sheona McDonald

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the strange case of Gerald Cotten, a cryptocurrency CEO who died suddenly. His death left thousands of investors locked out of their money because only he knew the password. The film pieces together what happened and the aftermath for those affected.

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What happens

Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sheona McDonald and released in 2021. The film is a portrait of the controversy around Gerald Cotten, the Canadian cryptocurrency entrepreneur whose disappearance and alleged death in December 2018 left many investors unable to access their money because Cotten was the only person who knew the password to the firm's cold wallet. The film premiered in April 2021 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, before having its television premiere in September on CBC Television and CBC Gem. In December, it premiered on Discovery+ in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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