By way of background, Bitcoin is a crypto-currency that has gained notoriety in recent months due to its rising exchange value and relation to illegal transactions. Each Bitcoin is defined by a public address and a private key,
TOKYO — The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars, are unaccounted for. The exchange's CEO Mark Karpeles appeared before Japanese
The internet may have brought us unlimited sources of news and opinion, but the New York Times still has powers that few of the new generation can muster. Among those is the ability to claim two Nobel Prize-winning economists among its staff: the op-ed
Just before the bankruptcy of the Mt. Gox bitcoin digital-money (or virtual currency) exchange, Japanese finance minister Taro Aso predicted the inevitable failure. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories. Chart of the Day: Bitcoin keeps sinking (CNBC)
Just before the bankruptcy of the Mt. Gox bitcoin digital-money (or virtual currency) exchange, Japanese finance minister Taro Aso predicted the inevitable failure. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories. Chart of the Day: Bitcoin keeps sinking (CNBC)