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CoinDesk Turns 10: The Legacy of Mt. Gox – Why Bitcoin’s Greatest Hack Still Matters

The fall of the Japanese exchange in 2014 caused 750,000 bitcoin to go missing, putting crypto’s future in doubt. The event reverberates to this day, says Jeff Wilser.

Kolin Burges confronts Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)
Kolin Burges confronts Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)