A federal judge has ordered the return of 11,000 bitcoins worth about $30 million in a decision considered the first of its kind.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida stems from a class action in which plaintiffs alleged that the defendant had stolen their money and fled to China.

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