Bitcoin’s Price Plummets as 125k Bitcoins May Have Been Stolen from Bitfinex

Update: The theft of 119,756 bitcoins has now been conclusively confirmed. Bitcoin’s price crashed today as bitfinex dramatically announced a “security breach” that led to the theft of an unconfirmed number of bitcoins. The biggest USD bitcoin exchange further announced a shutting down of its website and trading in ominous signs reminiscent of MT Gox. […]