Today in crypto, US government attorneys have filed a motion to return approximately 94,643 BTC to crypto exchange Bitfinex. Originally worth $72 million, the funds recovered from the 2016 hack are now worth more than $11.8 billion. In addition, Thai

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U.S. prosecutors have asked a federal judge to green-light the return of nearly 80% of the 119,754 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex.In a Tuesday court filing, prosecutors said the 94,643 bitcoins recovered by the governmen

Attorneys for the US government recently submitted a motion requesting that the Bitcoin forfeited as a result of the 2016 Bitfinex hack should be returned to the cryptocurrency exchange.The Jan. 14 legal filing stipulated the return of approximately