US Government Seizes Russian Bitcoin Exchange BTC-e Domain

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Alex Vinnik had been arrested amid allegations that he had laundered nearly $4 bln in Bitcoin through the site, the future of the site was unclear. After the additional revelation that the stolen Mt. Gox funds had likely been laundered by the site also surfaced, the future was even more dimmed.

Nevertheless, the site had told users that it would be back and fully functional within five to 10 days of the arrest of its infamous leader. However, funds were being kept by the system and were not available for withdrawal.
source cointelegraph.com

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