Japanese Crypto-Exchange Hacked for Almost $500M

Japanese Crypto-Exchange Hacked for Almost $500M

Jan.28 — Another cryptocurrency hacking incident in Japan has led to big swings in Bitcoin and renewed calls for stricter oversight of digital currencies. Tokyo-based Coincheck was hacked by almost $500M and the heist is still reverberating through cryptocurrency markets. Bloomberg’s James Mayger reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”

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