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| Subject: Crypto Traders Spooked After Korean Bitcoin Exchange Files For Bankruptcy Tue Dec 19, 2017 6:16 pm | |
| A cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea collapsed on Tuesday after it suffered a second cyberattack in eight months and lost a large amount of its digital-currency reserves. This spooked Asian investors who sold Bitcoin (and other cryptos).
As The Wall Street Journal reports, Yapian, the company that operates a Seoul-based exchange called Youbit, suspended digital-currency trading and filed for bankruptcy after its systems were hacked in the predawn hours of Tuesday. The exchange trades 10 virtual currencies including bitcoin and ethereum.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-19/asian-crypto-traders-spooked-after-korean-exchange-files-bankruptcy |
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