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- ↑ Shawn Conner, "New doc looks at the mysterious rise and fall of Vancouver cryptocurrency CEO Gerald Cotten". Vancouver Sun , December 29, 2021.
- ↑ Jeremy Kay, "Hot Docs’ Shane Smith: ‘We’ve crossed the digital divide’". Screen Daily , April 29, 2021.
- ↑ "'I'm a pretty bad investor': This Canadian lost $400K US when crypto CEO Gerald Cotten died". CBC News, September 3, 2021.
- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada , February 15, 2022.
