China court treats Bitcoin as property in 107 BTC theft case
A Chinese court jailed a man for 10 years and nine months after he memorized a seed phrase, stole 107 Bitcoin and took 660,000 yuan in cash.
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Read full articleA Chinese court jailed a man for 10 years and nine months after he memorized a seed phrase, stole 107 Bitcoin and took 660,000 yuan in cash.
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