US government confiscates €3,6 billion worth of bitcoin
As the US government reports, it was able to confiscate stolen bitcoins worth 3,6 billion euros or 4,5 billion dollars. They come from a hack on the online trading platform Bitfinex, which traded cryptocurrencies. The hack happened back in 2016. But now the bitcoins should be washed. The hack on the online trading platform Bitfinex was not that big in 2016, since the maximum value of Bitcoin was still 1.000 euros. However, the value of the 120.000 stolen bitcoins has increased immensely in the meantime. At the highs of bitcoin, the stolen goods were even over 7 billion euros...