Bitcoin

Shops, restaurants and even the local council in Lugano now accept the cryptocurrency.

Joseph O'Connor, from Liverpool, hacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020 to promote a Bitcoin scam.

The UK has also frozen assets linked to the alleged scammers, including a £100m London office building.

Ryan Coleman, 36, had been trading under the pseudonym Snowcap on the dark web for several years.

The scammer posed as a UK police officer and used a fake story to steal the victim's password.

Mr Howells claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly chucked out a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins.

Police said Paul Chowles used his National Crime Agency role to "line his own pockets".

As Bitcoin's price goes up once again, here's a guide to some of the crypto market's trickiest terms.