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Japanese financial regulators raided the office of hacked virtual currency exchange Coincheck on Feb. 2.
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Regulators raid hacked Tokyo virtual currency exchange

FSA checks if Coincheck has sufficient funds to compensate customers

Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO -- Japanese financial regulators on Friday raided the office of virtual currency exchange Coincheck, which lost 58 billion yen ($530 million) worth of digital currency held by its customers when it was hacked last week.

The Financial Services Agency inspected the Tokyo-based exchange operator under the revised Payment Services Act to check whether the funds can be returned to customers and probe security measures.

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