The Japanese cryptocurrency stock exchange Zaif admitted a "glitch of the system" allowing for customers to temporarily buy trillions of dollars The value of Bitcoin free last week, local online newspaper The Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday, January 21.

Zaif informed users about the glitch in a post on their site Tuesday, Jan. 20, explaining that for 18 minutes on Feb. 16, users accidentally found themselves able to "trade" the yen against virtual currency – at an exchange rate of 0 yen per coin

Asahi Shimbun reports that seven users were able to get crypto for "free", Asahi Shimbun reports that a "buyer" has tried to sell 2,200 billion yen (about $ 20 trillion) to Bitcoin before the problem is solved.

Zaif's Twitter messages reveal further criticism from users who complain about poor performance and lack of support.

Zaif obtains increased regulatory control following the $ 530 million piracy of the Coincheck Japanese currency.

Despite the failure of security, the Japanese licensing system for trade has enjoyed considerable popularity since the legal review of space in April 2017.

The Licensed members will even be part of a self – regulatory group from April this year, with details to fine tune, Cointelegraph recently reported.

Meanwhile, technical errors on consumer consumer interfaces are far from unknown. In January 2018, the online retailer Overstock revealed a problem that led customers to choose between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash as payment options, the price remaining the same.