Major Japanese Exchange Freezes Withdrawals After $600M βHackβ

Japanese Bitcoin expert Koji Higashi is among those tweeting rumors major exchange Coincheck has βlostβ up to $600 million in a hack. Hack Unconfirmed Amid Huge Funds Move After social media announcements alerted users to a shutdown which first affected NEMβs XEM token and then all currencies rumors soon followed that Coincheck had lost control of funds. Bitcoin prices began trending downwards Friday. A transaction for 101265057 XRP ($123.5 million) reportedly left Coincheckβs wallet while Read More The post Major Japanese Exchange Freezes Withdrawals After $600M Hack appeared first on Bitcoinist.com. via ICGO https://www.icgo.co.uk/redirect/?url=http://bitcoinist.com/coincheck-rumors-600m-hack/