Search Results for: Mark Karpeles
Bitcoin price manipulation puts trust in cryptocurrencies at risk
June 27th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have grown in popularity in large part because they can be bought and sold without a government or other third party overseeing everything. But there’s a flipside: Unlike in markets for other assets such as stocks ...
Mt Gox CEO On Trial In Japan As Bitcoin Gains Traction
July 11th, 2017
A Tokyo court began hearings Tuesday into charges that the head of the failed Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox accessed its computer system and inflated his account by $1 million. French-born Mark Karpeles was whisked into the Tokyo District ...
The head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been released on bail
July 18th, 2016
The head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been released on bail nearly a year after his arrest on embezzlement charges, according to one of his lawyers. Television footage showed France-born Mark Karpeles, 31, leaving the Tokyo Detention ...
Bitcoin operators await regulation in Japan
May 11th, 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 ...
Mt. Gox Bankruptcy Claim Update Shows Investigation is Far From Over
February 18th, 2016
Based on the information provided in the report, the investigation regarding the missing Mt. Gox funds is still on-going, and a fair amount of funds have been recovered by the bankruptcy estate so far. Plenty of Bitcoin enthusiasts have ...
History of Bitcoin: The journey of a virtual currency
September 3rd, 2015
The biggest thing to hit the global market since the invention of currency is the word “Bitcoin”. What started merely as an alternate electronic payment system soon became the seventh wonder of modern economy. But while most of us ...
Bitcoins lost in Mt. Gox debacle ‘not subject to ownership’ claims: Tokyo court
August 7th, 2015
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by a man seeking repayment for bitcoins he kept in an account at the bankrupt exchange Mt. Gox Co., with the ruling saying the virtual currency is “not subject to ...
Tokyo Police Seeking Fraud Charges Against Mt Gox CEO
July 31st, 2015
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police is reportedly pursuing criminal charges against Mark Karpeles, CEO of the now-defunct, Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt Gox. Domestic news service Nikkei reported on 31st July that, according to an official with the city’s police force, Karpeles is being investigated ...
7 bitcoin-related court cases
July 24th, 2015
Bitcoin is back in the headlines again this week, but for all the wrong reasons. It surfaced yesterday that two operators of bitcoin exchange Coin.mx were being charged by US prosecutors for working without a money transmission license. This ...
World Bank: Bitcoin is not a “Ponzi Scheme”
November 19th, 2014
Ponzi scheme: A fraudulent investment operation where the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its investors from new capital paid to the operators by new investors, rather than from profit earned by the operator. Many of the ...
