Since the currencies are representations of a country's economy, differences in interest rates affect the relative worth of currencies in relation to one another. (forexfloor.com)
This means you can control 100,000 worth of currency for only 1,000, or 1 %. (learntotradethemarket.com)
Late last year, hackers staged a bitcoin heist in which they stole some $ 1.2 million worth of the currency from the site Inputs.io. (cnbc.com)