Digital currency exchange Coincheck has apologised to investors for losing up to 420 million euro in virtual money
One of Japan’s largest digital currency exchanges, Coincheck, has apologised to investors for losing up to 420 million euro in virtual money.
The loss follows a hacking attack on the exchange’s network.
Investors waited outside the building in Tokyo after the company halted trading in a cryptocurrency called NEM.
If the theft is confirmed, it will be the largest involving digital currency.
Another Tokyo exchange, MtGox, collapsed in 2014 after admitting that 320 million euro had been stolen from its network.
