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Most Mt Gox Bitcoins Were Gone by May 2013, Report Claims

Mt Gox operated a fractional reserve system since 2011, and had lost most of its bitcoins by mid-2013, according to a newly-released report.

South African authorities are investigating the disappearance of two men.

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Report: Mt Gox Data Provides More Clues to Trading Bot 'Willy'

Tokyo-based security specialist WizSec has released a preliminary analysis of the data that was leaked following Mt.Gox's crash.

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Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles Implicated in Silk Road Trial

Today in court, a witness from the US Department of Homeland Security claimed that Mark Karpeles was once suspected to be Dread Pirate Roberts.

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Missing Mt Gox Bitcoins Likely an Inside Job, Say Japanese Police

The disappearance of 650,000 BTC from Mt Gox was due to internal system irregularities and not external attacks, reports a Japanese newspaper.

Japanese newspaper readers began the year with bitcoin as front-page news

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Safello Co-Founder Moves to Tokyo to Start New Bitcoin Security Firm

The co-founder of Swedish exchange Safello has left the company to join a team of bitcoin security experts in Tokyo to establish a consulting firm.

WizSec Founding Team: Kim Nilsson, J. Maurice, Emil Oldenburg

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The 7 Biggest Crypto Scandals of 2014

Whether it was bankruptcy, allegations of fraud or clashes with the government, the bitcoin industry faced a fair share of scandal in 2014.

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Kraken to Assist in Search for Missing Mt Gox Bitcoins

Kraken has been selected to oversee the distribution of Mt Gox's remaining assets and investigate its missing bitcoins.

Kraken's Ayako Miyaguchi, Jesse Powell, and Mt Gox bankruptcy trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi

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How Can We Make Bitcoin Mainstream?

Bitcoin's move towards the mainstream is steady, but slow. What will be next to help it get there?

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OKPay 'Ordered' to Hand Over Customers' $6.1 Million to Mt Gox

Payment processor OKPay says it had no option but to pay customer deposits to Mt Gox last month.

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Mark Karpeles Avoids Bitcoin, Launches Web Hosting Service

Mark Karpeles, the disgraced CEO of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, has launched a new web hosting service.

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