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🕵️ Bitfinex proudly announces return of 0.023% Bitcoin from infamous 2016 hack

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Feb 25, 2019 ⋅  1 min read

The U.S. government has tracked down and recovered just under 28 Bitcoins ($BTC) from the August 2016 Bitfinex security breach. The 28 BTC account for only 0.023% of the 119,756 BTC lost in the hack. All funds recovered will go to Recovery Right Token (RRT) holders which replaced the Bitifinex token after the breach.

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