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How much was a stolen bitcoin worth?

The recovered bitcoins were valued at over $3.6 billion at the time of seizure. At the time they were stolen, they were worth $71 million. The Justice Department said Tuesday it has seized more than $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency and arrested two people in connection with the 2016 hack of a virtual currency exchange.

How much was the US Department of Justice's bitcoin seizure worth?

Correction 9th February: This article originally reported that the record seizure by the US Department of Justice amounted to $5bn in stolen Bitcoin. In fact 94,000 of the 120,000 stolen Bitcoin have been recovered, at a value of $4bn (£2.9bn) and so we have amended the article to make this clear.

How much cryptocurrency has been stolen from a hack?

The US Justice Department officials in a press statement called it a “record-shattering amount of stolen cryptocurrency” and said that they have “seized at least $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack that they will now try to return to its rightful owners.”

Did a New York City couple steal $4.5 billion from Bitfinex?

U.S. authorities arrested a New York City couple Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to launder $4.5 billion worth of bitcoin stolen during a hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, $3.6 billion of which federal authorities have recovered in what the Department of Justice is calling the largest financial seizure ever.

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