Japan cryptocurrency exchange to refund stolen $400m

in #bitcoin7 years ago

A Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange will refund about $400m to customers stolen by hackers two days ago in one of the biggest thefts of digital funds.

Coincheck said it would use its own funds to reimburse about 46.3bn yen to all 260,000 customers who lost their holdings. the world’s 10th biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation.