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A cryptocurrency exchange in Tokyo has halted services after it lost $32m (£25m) in the latest apparent hack on volatile virtual monies.
Remixpoint, which runs the Bitpoint Japan exchange, discovered that about ¥3.5bn in various digital currencies had gone missing from under its management.
The apparent hack emerged after an error appeared in the firm’s outgoing funds transfer system on Thursday night.
Facebook is planning to launch its own digital currency – Libra – in 2020.
Last year, Japan’s Coincheck was hacked and more than $500m-worth of digital currency stolen.