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$32m stolen from Tokyo cryptocurrency exchange in latest hack A cryptocurrency exchange in Tokyo has halted services after it lost $32m (£. Hacked Tokyo cryptocurrency exchange to repay owners $ million TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc.
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In , Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, which once handled 80 percent of the world's bitcoin trades, filed for bankruptcy after losing around half a billion dollars worth of bitcoins. More recently, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Youbit last month shut down and filed for bankruptcy after being hacked twice last year. World leaders meeting in Davos last week issued fresh warnings about the dangers of cryptocurrencies, with U.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin relating Washington's concern about the money being used for illicit activity. Skip Navigation.
Over time, the history of all those transactions becomes a lasting record of who owns what: that record is called the blockchain. Bitcoin was one of the first and biggest cryptocurrencies and has been on a wild ride since its creation in , surging in value as investors piled in, drawing comparisons with the tulipmania of the 17th century before it crashed.
Sceptics warn that the lack of central control make crypto-assets ideal for criminals and terrorists. The number of crypto-assets has grown rapidly, including from several major companies.
JP Morgan has built its own cryptocurrencies, while trading in traditional financial assets that track the value of cryptocurrencies — such as derivatives and contracts for difference — has also become available. Facebook is planning to launch its own digital currency — Libra — in The exchange handles various virtual currencies, including bitcoin, ethereum and ripple. Remixpoint said it was analysing the loss and gave no further details on the incident.
This is the latest hack involving cryptocurrencies, which have become synonymous with vast fluctuations in value, being used in criminality and frequent theft through hacks.