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In 2017 the New York Times covered research co-authored by John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas, into Hong Kong-based Bitfinex, "one of the largest and least regulated exchanges in the industry."
Mr. Griffin looked at the flow of digital tokens going in and out of Bitfinex a.
Federal investigators spent years hunting for clues in the 2016 hacking of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, when thieves stole bitcoin now worth $4.5 billion. In the end, what helped lead them to two suspects was something much more quotidian: a $500 Walmart gift card.
Netflix is creating a docuseries from the real-life, modern day Bonnie and Clyde cryptocurrency couple who allegedly laundered $4.5 billion worth of Bitcoin.