Bitcoin & Mining

Mt. Gox

A Tokyo-based exchange that once handled most of the world's bitcoin trading, and collapsed in 2014 after hundreds of thousands of customers' coins were stolen or lost to poor controls. It is the textbook case for "not your keys, not your coins." Creditor repayments began in 2024, and the trustee has repeatedly extended the deadline to finish, with part of the coins still held back.

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