Thursday, June 24, 2021

Two South African brothers have reportedly disappeared with $3.6 billion in Bitcoin

Engadget:

Cryptocurrency investors in South Africa may have lost nearly $3.6 billion in Bitcoin following the disappearance of two brothers associated with one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. 

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Complicating any recovery attempt is that South Africa’s Finance Sector Conduct Authority can’t launch a formal investigation into the incident because cryptocurrency isn’t legally considered a financial product in the country.

Yahoo:

The incident would make it one of South Africa’s biggest ever incidents related to crypto

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