German police seize nearly 50K bitcoin, worth ~$2.17B, from two suspects who allegedly acquired the bitcoin with profits from an illegal file-sharing platform (Karin Matussek/Bloomberg)

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German police seize nearly 50K bitcoin, worth ~$2.17B, from two suspects who allegedly acquired the bitcoin with profits from an illegal file-sharing platform  —  German prosecutors provisionally seized nearly 50,000 Bitcoin worth about $2.1 billion as part of an investigation into what they see as an illegal file-sharing platform.