The promotional campaign seemed straightforward: give customers 2,000 won, roughly $1.37, as a thank-you reward. Instead, what happened at Seoul-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb on Feb. 6 became one of the most expensive typos in financial history. An employee mistakenly entered the payout as 2,000 Bitcoin rather than Korean won, instantly crediting 695 customer accounts with […]

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