标题:Big Day for Crypto Goes South in a Hurry After a Giant Hack

正文：The good news for cryptocurrency investors arrived just after 8 a.m. on Friday: Coinbase, the largest crypto marketplace in the United States, had reached a deal with U.S. regulators to dismiss a lawsuit that had hung over the industry for years. But within hours, the crypto market descended into a new crisis. At 10:51 a.m., Bybit, another leading crypto exchange, said it had been hacked — with industry analysts estimating the loss at nearly $1.5 billion, the largest theft in crypto history.

知识点：cryptocurrency n.

a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security and operates independently of a central bank. 加密货币；数字货币

e.g. Bitcoin is the most well-known cryptocurrency in the world. 比特币是全球最知名的加密货币。

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