The stolen asset was not bitcoin, but the failure affected confidence and oversight across Japan's cryptocurrency market. Coincheck later pledged customer reimbursement and faced regulatory orders to improve controls.
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Coincheck discloses a major exchange theft
Japanese exchange Coincheck halted withdrawals after attackers stole a large quantity of NEM tokens from a hot wallet.
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