Summary of news on ‘Bitfinex users to share 36% of bitcoin losses after hack’ Source: BBC People who stored bitcoins at a popular exchange have been told they will lose 36% of their assets following a cyber-attack Hong Kong-based Bitfinex, where many users had stored the virtual currency to be used in transactions, said it lost up to $65m (£49m) in an attack One Bitcoin expert said the move to “socialise” losses had serious implications for digital currencies In a statement on its website, Bitfinex said, “We have decided to generalise losses across all accounts “Upon logging into the platform, customers will see that they have experienced a generalised loss percentage of 36.067% Keywords: bitcoins, exchange, bitfinex, told, losses
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