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2015 saw increasing competition for your Canadian Dollar (CAD) when buying Bitcoin. Led by Quadriga CX, it was a tumultuous year where we saw exchanges come (Taurus, Coinsquare), go (Vault of Satoshi) and established non-Canadian domiciled exchanges expand into the Canadian Dollar market (Kraken, Coinbase) as well as Vancouver-based Cointrader finally opening a CAD orderbook. And then there was Cavitex… announcing it’s closure in February only to reopen following a Coinsetter acquisition.