"Bitcoin's or I shoot": In the UK , according to a press report , a Bitcoin robbery happened for the first time. As reported by the Daily Mail on Monday, four hooded gunmen invaded Amy Jay and Danny Aston on January 22nd . They forced Aston to make a transfer in the cryptocurrency on his computer .
30-year-old Aston and 31-year-old Jay are directors of Aston Digital Currencies, which specializes in virtual currency financial products. The company is registered in their home in Moulsford, southern England.
Aston Digital Currencies was founded in June 2017, when the Bitcoin was worth $ 2,500. The cryptocurrency experienced a hype in the months that followed, reaching its highest ever value of 16,323 euros on 17 December. Since then, the value has fallen below the 10,000 euro mark.
The police have so far arrested no suspects. According to the report, it assumes that the robbers were after it on Aston : Under a pseudonym he made more than 100,000 financial transactions in digital currencies with more than 16,000 partners. However, many of these partners gave Aston's real name, which the robbers may have led to him.
Cryptocurrencies are virtual currencies that are generated by special encryption software. The best known cryptocurrency is Bitcoin . It was also invented in 2009 as a response to the financial crisis to create a currency independent of states, central banks and other financial institutions.
