Long-Dormant Wallets Tied to $4B PlusToken China Ponzi Moves 2.8K Ether

August 7, 2024 Leave a Comment

In November 2020, Chinese authorities seized almost $4 billion worth of various tokens, including ETH, bitcoin (BTC), dogecoin (DOGE), xrp (XRP), among others.

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