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$215 million in cash and cryptocurrency suddenly went missing on November 30, 2018 when 30-year old Gerald Cotten, CEO of one of North America's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, died suddenly in India while on his honeymoon. Cotten was a man of many secrets, among them the location of the key to the wallets that contained all the money. Online chatrooms quickly swarmed with theories as to where the money went, wondering whether Cotten was actually dead or not.
Director Sheona McDonald takes a journalistic lens in tracking this tantalizing and still unsolved story of deception, hope, greed and corruption. DEAD MAN'S SWITCH explores the potential of an unregulated currency to be used for good and evil.
Available online from Friday, September 24 at 9 AM to Sunday, October 3 at 11:59 PM.
Countries
Canada- Festivals
- Hot Docs 2021
- Director
- Sheona McDonald
- Executive Producer
- Betsy Carson
- Producer
- Sheona McDonald
- Screenwriter
- Sheona McDonald
- Cinematographer
- Simon Schneider, Monica Guddat
- Editor
- Ness Van Hassel
- Music
- Daniel Ross