Hong Kong closed a Bitcoin platform 3000 investor or loss of HK $ 3 billion

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According to Hong Kong , ” Wen Wei Po” , Bitcoin again Hong Kong investors ‘ loss of hand bad feet ” : Hong Kong, a Bitcoin payment platform has suddenly closed down , estimated at nearly 3000 Bitcoin investors may lose everything at any time . It is reported that a group of investors in Hong Kong when visiting the office bitcoin transaction platform , found to have deserted , suspected of fraud and pyramid selling , the estimated total amount of all ” victims ” at any time up to the loss of HK $ 3 billion . Today they will collectively Police.


Bitcoin (bitcoin) recent reckless , since 2009 by claiming Nakamoto web players after the invention had a global network of highly touted players , to annual volume growth to 80 million from 50 million , equivalent to the increase $ 15 billion to $ 23 billion (HK $ 180 billion ) , has a total investment amount of bitcoins as much as $ 430 million . But because there is no real Bitcoin asset value , its price fell sharply last year , but was once hailed as the worst investment goods.

Bitcoin prices had plunged 32.06 percent on the month , the most since October 2013 the lowest position. Although the news came out, so some players leave the short-term that better regulation of virtual currency unless otherwise no longer continue to invest ; but it is still subject to intense volatility in favor of speculators , many people in the blind pursuit , that profitable results throw good money after bad.

Hong Kong police said , network security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau, as of 7:00 last night , has not yet received a bitcoin related cases, but will closely monitor developments .

30 people involved in paragraph one million Hong Kong dollars per capita assistance

Leung Yiu-chung of the Legislative Council recently received a nearly 30 bitcoins victim assistance , refer suspected fraud to a Bitcoin trading and storage platform , the average amount involved victims over $ 1 million , and even the loss of more than HK $ million victims .

He quoted one of the victims means that in September last menstrual Friendly , reported in a Bitcoin is a platform for investors to trade payments, open an account and invest approximately HK $ 1.3 million . However, the victim went to the end of discovery platform to display Bitcoin price movements significantly behind the market, while cash and can not be traded , no longer operational offices are also suspect , straight feel cheated .

Leung Yiu-chung refers continued to allow the buyer to buy bitcoins , but a sudden change in trading rules of the game early last month when the relevant platform , unless buyers increase its investment , otherwise prohibited from free trading , then prices significantly behind the market , the platform will stop operating .

He said , it is estimated to fall into the trap of the victims of pyramid selling up to 3,000 people , the amount of loss at any time up to HK $ 3 billion , while visiting earlier this platform office , found that the office was empty, but can not contact the person in charge , so today will hold an emergency press conference to explain the incident and response to incidents involving suspected fraud and pyramid selling , collectively to the police .

It is reported that Hong Kong police earlier this year set up a network security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau , as of 19:00 last night, has not been received from the public about the Bitcoin , the police will closely monitor the development of the incident .

Bitcoin is a peer to peer network payment systems and virtual valuation tool by some people called digital currency , first in 2009 by the pseudonym of developer Nakamoto introduced in the form of open source software . Because of its use cryptographic techniques to control the production and transfer of money , and therefore is also considered bitcoin an encrypted electronic money (Cryptocurrency). Under normal circumstances , the first word capitalized “Bitcoin” refers to the technology and networks they use , and the first word lowercase “bitcoin” means the currency itself is .

Bitcoin is through a kind of ” mining ” process called generation , validation and processing transactions through the participants to get a record fee of Bitcoin , or obtain a new output bitcoins . Users to use PC , mobile device or an electronic wallet software on the network to trade bitcoins . Bitcoin mining via acquisition, can also be used to exchange goods, services, and other currencies.


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