U.S. and Canadian customers of failed Tokyo-based Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox have agreed to settle their proposed class action lawsuits that alleged the company defrauded them of hundreds of millions of dollars.
In June 2011, when customers of now-bankrupt Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox agitated for proof that theTokyo-based firm was still solvent after a hacking attack, CEO Mark Karpeles turned to the comedy science
Prominent Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges of funneling cash to the illicit online marketplace Silk Road. Shrem, known as one
The boss of a Bitcoin company in Cyprus has fled abroad days after it suddenly stopped operations, in a blow to the virtual currency’s once vaunted prospects on the island. Privately owned
Wading into a murky tax question for the digital age, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday that Bitcoins and other virtual currencies are to be treated, for tax purposes, as
TeraExchange said on Monday it had constructed a swap based on the Bitcoin virtual currency, a step that would bring the emerging payment system under the oversight of U.S. regulators for the
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The man Newsweek claimed is the creator of bitcoin has hired a lawyer in an attempt to clear his name, repeating a denial he made to The Associated Press more than a
Mt. Gox, a leading bitcoin exchange that late last month filed for bankruptcy protection, updated its website on Tuesday to allow customers to log in and verify their wallet, or account, balance.
Any regulation of the Bitcoin crypto-currency should involve international cooperation to avoid loopholes, Japanese vice finance minister Jiro Aichi said on Thursday. Commenting on the closure this week of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox,
Bitcoin users in Tokyo will gather on Thursday for a meeting set to be dominated by the shuttering of the Mt Gox exchange amid claims of a multi-million dollar theft. Dozens of
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has sent subpoenas to Mt. Gox, other Bitcoin exchanges, and businesses that deal in Bitcoin to seek information on how they handled recent cyber attacks, a source
