Cryptopia co-founder Rob Dawson, left, leaves a meeting between staff and police after the cryptocurrency exchange was hacked in January. Details of a scrap between the failed cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia and a major shareholder are spilling into public, with one of the business' founders unleashing over his version of the dispute. Cryptopia collapsed in January after an estimated $23 million worth of assorted cryptocurrencies held in its exchange were hacked and stolen. Intranel is another Christchurch-based tech company, and Dawson's partner at Cryptopia, Adam Clark, had worked there previously. Intranel provided crucial support to Cryptopia as it rapidly grew in popularity with cryptocurrency traders using its platform.

Source: Stuff July 17, 2019 00:11 UTC