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Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein credits Trump’s First Step Act for early prison release

The U.S. hacker pleaded guilty to stealing and laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016.

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