TOKYO -- Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has confirmed that some 58 billion yen ($534 million) in customers' virtual currency holdings were taken from its wallets Friday, in what appears to be the biggest virtual currency heist to date.
Coincheck CEO Koichiro Wada (left) and COO Yusuke Otsuka.
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Japan's Coincheck suffers record $530m virtual currency theft
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