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Jacob Ridley

$6.7 billion in bitcoin scored in 'single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world'

A bitcoin behind bars.

One bitcoin could be a life-changing amount of money to someone: valued at around $113,000 a pop, give or take the whims of the market at any one time. And the market just might have something to react to with this story: a woman has been arrested by London's Met Police for stolen bitcoin valued at—gulp—$6.7 billion or thereabouts.

The woman, Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, also allegedly known as "the goddess of wealth" by some, plead guilty to two counts in Southwark Crown Court, related to the acquisition and possession of criminal property (via BBC News). The assets in question: 61,000 bitcoin.

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