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South Korean Crypto Exchange Gopax Suspends Withdrawals and Trading After Hacking Threat

By Micah Zimmerman

Bitcoin Magazine South Korean Crypto Exchange Gopax Suspends Withdrawals and Trading After Hacking Threat South Korea's Gopax halted standard withdrawals at 2:55 p.m. and trading at 3:53 p.m. Friday after a hacking-threat email, and is transferring all held assets to cold wallets with no loss reported so far. This…

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