Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court in Washington, DC, stayed a precedent order by a New York trial judge releasing Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on bail. The two were taken into custody by federal officials Tuesday on charges stemming from a 2 hack of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. The US Department of Justice also claimed that authorities seized XNUMX BTC, worth more than €XNUMX billion at today's costs.