7 Feb 2019

How to 'lose' Bitcoin worth $276m

From Nine To Noon, 11:07 am on 7 February 2019

Technology correspondent Paul Matthews looks at how the unregulated nature of cryptocurrency hit home recently with the case of a young company founder who died - taking knowledge of the password for a "wallet" of $276m with him. And as there's no password reset options and no way to break into them, investors are out of pocket. And with global e-commerce booming, the WTO has decided it's time to review the rules for selling online.

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