US Justice Dept Seizes $3.6Bn Worth Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Hack
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced today that they had seized $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen in the hack of Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016.
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