Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy site (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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The police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet.

This is a record figure for the country's law enforcement authorities, corresponding to over $2.1 billion at today's Bitcoin-USD exchange rate.

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[-] neocamel@lemmy.studio 3 points 9 months ago

Can I have, like, three of em?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago

With 3 bitcoin I could get myself a pretty nice car.

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