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Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of Mt. Gox, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Oct. 11.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 21, 2024
The unsinkable Mark Karpeles is willing to give Tokyo another shot
The former CEO of Mt. Gox, which once processed the majority of bitcoin transactions globally before it blew up in 2014, is looking to set up shop in Japan again.
The Financial Services Agency is set to begin a review of cryptocurrency rules, opening up the possibility of lower taxes on digital assets.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2024
Japan crypto review may open door to lower taxes and dedicated ETFs
The Financial Services Agency in coming months will assess whether the current approach of regulating crypto under the payments law is adequate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 24, 2019
John McAfee vows to unmask bitcoin pioneer Satoshi Nakamoto within days
John McAfee, the eccentric antivirus pioneer known for his brushes with the law, said he has spoken with bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto and plans to reveal the person's identity shortly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 6, 2019
Solving the world's largest bitcoin heist
"Imagine someone stole everything in your store and you reported the crime to the police," says Nobuyasu Ogata, defense lawyer for Mark Karpeles. Karpeles, 33, is the former CEO of Mt. Gox, once the largest bitcoin exchange in the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2019
Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange founder Mark Karpeles gets suspended term for falsifying data but is cleared of embezzlement
Mark Karpeles gets a suspended term for data manipulation related to the scandalous disappearance of 850,000 bitcoins in 2014 but is found not guilty of embezzlement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 23, 2018
Mt. Gox creditors get new avenue in years-long attempt to recover bitcoin losses
Things may be looking up for creditors of Mt. Gox, which was the world's biggest bitcoin exchange before going in flames after saying thousands of bitcoins had disappeared.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2018
Coincheck hacked in ¥58 billion cryptocurrency heist, four years after Mt. Gox
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange discloses it had lostu00a0about u00a558 billion ($532 million) worth of its holdings, sending clients into a panic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2017
Bitcoin's surge little comfort for burned Mt. Gox clients in international legal limbo
When Mt. Gox, the world's largest bitcoin trading exchange, collapsed in early 2014, more than 24,000 customers around the world lost access to hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of cryptocurrency and cash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2017
Cryptocurrencies threaten central banks' control over money supply — and officials study using their technology
The boom in cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology is becoming too big for central banks, long the guardian of official money, to ignore.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Aug 5, 2017
Bitcoin exchange operator arrested amid new questions about Mt. Gox theft
Ever since Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy in February 2014, investigators have been puzzled by the disappearance of virtual currency worth hundreds of millions of dollars from its digital vaults.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Feb 4, 2017
Honesty is the best policy for lost property
Last month, I withdrew some money — ¥100,000 to be precise — from an ATM near Tokyo's Shibuya Station.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2016
Cryptocurrency exchanges under attack, risking repeat of Mt. Gox debacle
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 11, 2016
Bitcoin operators await regulation in Japan amid push for legitimacy and widespread use
Bitcoin operators are keenly watching the Diet as it deliberates bills to regulate the currency, believing the legislation is key to regaining the public trust's in the virtual tender and luring more players to the industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 22, 2015
Bitcoin firm head pleads guilty to first-of-kind Ponzi scheme
A Texas man pleaded guilty to defrauding people out of $4.5 million in what the U.S. said was a first-of-its-kind Ponzi scheme involving investments in the virtual currency bitcoin.

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