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Bankruptcy Cryptocurrency Litigation

Bankruptcy Risk and Fraud In Cryptocurrency

Among the risks of cryptocurrency exchanges are bankruptcy risk and fraud, including: the inalienability of account claims, holding an unsecured claim versus an entitlement to the return of coin, and bankruptcy preference risk.

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Cryptocurrency is indeed the result of the intersection of communications, computers, and cryptography. From the Greek word kryptos, meaning hidden, cryptocurrency establishes security over transactions in coins synthesized in cyberspace, permitting only those persons controlling the private keys (a number, often described as “alphanumeric,” reflecting its high radix or base) to an address on a public distributed ledger to transact in the coin. This cryptographic process permits the party controlling a public address to remain anonymous and undetectable, while at the same time secure from most risks other than loss of the private key.

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