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Credit: Getty / Andriy Onufriyenko The China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC), Beijing’s primary cybersecurity agency, has accused Washington of stealing 127,272 Bitcoin — worth more than $13 billion USD at today’s exchange rate — in a December 2020 hack.
A report released last week claims that the stolen Bitcoin from LuBian, which was once one of the world’s biggest mining operations, is linked to tokens that were later seized by the US government, the Bloomberg report said.
China accuses the U.S. of a $13B Bitcoin hack from LuBian mining pool, sparking global crypto tensions and diplomatic disputes.
This week, "Bitcoin Queen" sentenced, as was Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez, Balancer hack post-mortem, Coinbase's 21 million euro fine,