Paris – U.S. officials announced Tuesday they had recovered $3.6 billion of bitcoin stolen in 2016, throwing a light on the scams that surround cryptocurrency.
But how exactly do criminals steal in the virtual world?
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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are bought, sold and stored on exchanges, just like commodities in the nonvirtual world. But crypto investors often reject stringent oversight, and that sometimes leads to lax security. | BLOOMBERG
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