The hack took place between March and May 20 of this year, according to a copy of the letter posted on the website of California's Attorney General.
The IMF said that unsound macroeconomic policies and inefficient payment systems are among the drivers of cryptocurrency adoption in emerging economies
The largest cryptocurrency gained as much as 10 per cent to $47,234 early in New York trading
Bitcoin and its kin have in the last year soared in price and popularity
The rupee declined by 9 paise to end at 74.23 (provisional) against the US currency on Thursday, marking its fifth straight session of fall, amid risk averse sentiments and foreign fund outflows.
BitPay already processes more than 60,000 transactions a month, more than half of them in Bitcoin
The spread on the interest El Salvador pays on its national debt over US treasury rates has widened
Bitcoin rallied close to $44,000 Monday
Bitcoin rallied to about $44,000 as of 1:35 p.m. in Hong Kong
Shares in a range of Chinese crypto-related firms plunged on the ban
By Samuel Shen and Andrew Galbraith
Firms aim to bring advanced fission to energy-intensive process of minting new coins, diversify energy sources used by miners
Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global said it had stopped taking new mainland customers from Friday and would end contracts with mainland clients by the end of year
In a bid to go completely paperless and keep board results secure and tamper-proof, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced 'Blockchain' technology.
China's latest pronouncement is the culmination of years of attempted crackdown on the rise of Bitcoin and its peers
10 agencies join hands for crackdown; Bitcoin, other coins slump
China's central bank said all cryptocurrency-related transactions are illegal, according to a Q&A statement on PBOC's website
The dollar index stood at 93.226 in early Asian trade, staying not far off Monday's one-month high of 93.455.