Virtual currency

Osaka-based Tech Bureau said its server had been illegally accessed and money transferred

The CFTC first determined that virtual currencies are commodities in 2015

It has gained by 940 percent in 2017

Virtual currency has grown rapidly since the 2009 launch of Bitcoin,

The virtual currency is now worth more than $2,300

Authorities say he swindled funds through fake trading platform

Wal-Mart Stores is testing the technology system on mangos

The digital currency has more than doubled its value since the start of this year

The virtual currency hit a fresh all-time high of $2,760.10

The virtual currency has surged nearly 80 per cent this year

Financial players have largely shunned the web-based 'crytpocurrency' for being too volatile

The unit broke the $1,100 barrier on the Bitcoin Price Index

It remains unclear whether such currencies will ever gain mainstream acceptance

Hackers took roughly $350 million in bitcoins at Tokyo's MtGox exchange

Money was stolen from a project called Decentralized Autonomous Organization

These open-source currencies have no central administrative authority: UNODC