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UK Court Ruling Strengthens Government’s Claim to $5B in Seized Bitcoin

A High Court judge ruled that Chinese law will govern property claims by victims in the Zhimin Qian fraud case, strengthening the UK government’s claim to roughly 61,000 seized Bitcoin.

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The UK government just got a lot closer to keeping one of the largest Bitcoin hoards ever seized by a state. That matters because roughly 61,000 Bitcoin sit at th…