Mt. Gox


Markets

Mt. Gox's Looming $9B Payout Could Weigh on Bitcoin Prices, K33 Research Warns

The defunct crypto exchange will distribute 142,000 BTC and 143,000 BCH to creditors later this year, 10 years after its implosion due to a hack.

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

Opinion

Mt. Gox: What We Still Don’t Know 10 Years After the Collapse

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the collapse of bitcoin exchange MtGox, Mark Hunter, author of “Ultimate Catastrophe: How MtGox Lost Half a Billion Dollars and Nearly Killed Bitcoin,” tackles the questions that still remain unanswered ten years later.

(Mark Karpeles, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Mt. Gox Moves Seemingly Closer to Bitcoin Repayments for 2014 Hack Victims

Some former customers of the crypto exchange have reported receiving an email asking for confirmation of identity and account details on the mtgoxinsolvency subreddit group.

(CoinDesk)

Finance

Mt. Gox Appears to Have Started PayPal Repayments Tied to 2014 Bitcoin Hack

Payments through bank accounts are still awaited.

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

Finance

Infamously Hacked Crypto Exchange Mt. Gox Delays Repayment Deadline by a Year

The prominent crypto exchange was hacked in 2014, which led to 850,000 bitcoin (BTC) – now worth almost $23 billion – being drained.

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

Videos

U.S. DOJ Charges 2 Russian Nationals With Mt. Gox Hack

Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with the 2014 Mt. Gox hack, at the time one of the biggest thefts in crypto history. CoinDesk Managing Editor of Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De breaks down the latest revelations in the case.

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Videos

Mt. Gox's Hackers Are 2 Russian Nationals, U.S. DOJ Alleges in Indictment

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner with the Mt. Gox hack, at the time one of the biggest thefts in crypto history. The two "gained unauthorized access" to Mt. Gox's wallets around September 2011, the DOJ said in a press release, stealing 647,000 over the course of nearly three years. These funds were then laundered. "The Hash" panel breaks down the developments in the case.

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Policy

Mt. Gox's Hackers Are 2 Russian Nationals, U.S. DOJ Alleges in Indictment

One of the individuals also operated BTC-e, the DOJ alleged.

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

Videos

The Story Behind Defunct Crypto Exchange Mt. Gox

As part of our "CoinDesk Turns 10" series looking back at seminal stories from crypto history, "All About Bitcoin" closely examines the rise and fall of defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox with author, journalist and CoinDesk contributor Jeff Wilser.

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Consensus Magazine

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.

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

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