{"id":4005,"date":"2021-12-11T19:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T18:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/11\/the-search-is-on-for-50m-in-lost-cryptocurrency-after-two-australian-exchanges-collapse\/"},"modified":"2021-12-11T19:37:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T18:37:07","slug":"the-search-is-on-for-50m-in-lost-cryptocurrency-after-two-australian-exchanges-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/11\/the-search-is-on-for-50m-in-lost-cryptocurrency-after-two-australian-exchanges-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"The search is on for $50m in lost cryptocurrency after two Australian exchanges collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Implosion of online trading hubs highlights pitfalls of what one legal expert describes as \u2018tulipmania\u2019 investments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/australian-news-live\/latest\">Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our free news app<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">get our morning email briefing<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Andrew Yeo doesn\u2019t know what\u2019s happened to tens of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency belonging to hundreds of clients of the collapsed exchange ACX, but he aims to find out.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-October the veteran insolvency practitioner was appointed administrator of Blockchain Global, the company that used to run ACX, and since then he\u2019s been getting a crash course in all things crypto from the tech experts at the firm where he\u2019s a partner, Pitcher Partners.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/dec\/12\/the-search-is-on-for-50m-in-lost-cryptocurrency-after-two-australian-exchanges-collapse\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/14497a5958db93459ccc506a6a1a4849658c4fdc\/0_133_4000_2400\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b6b58bfad324a8efd694fa54b857ce16\" title=\"The search is on for $50m in lost cryptocurrency after two Australian exchanges collapse\" \/>Implosion of online trading hubs highlights pitfalls of what one legal expert describes as \u2018tulipmania\u2019 investments<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<\/p>\n<p>Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Yeo doesn\u2019t know what\u2019s happened to tens of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency belonging to hundreds of clients of the collapsed exchange ACX, but he aims to find out.<br \/>\nIn mid-October the veteran insolvency practitioner was appointed administrator of Blockchain Global, the company that used to run ACX, and since then he\u2019s been getting a crash course in all things crypto from the tech experts at the firm where he\u2019s a partner, Pitcher Partners. 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