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MtGox Files for Bankruptcy MtGox has revealed that it was going to file for bankruptcy protection. About 750,000 of its customers’ bitcoins and 100,000 of its own have been lost. The market value of this damage is tremendous. It totals to about $473 million in losses. This news...

MtGox Investigations Begin Japanese Officials Break their Silence Following the collapse of MtGox on Tuesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga issued Japan’s first official statement on the matter. Before declining further comments, he told reporters: At this stage...

Details of the Toronto Bitcoin Expo Founded by Anthony Di Iorio in April 2013, the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada has recently announced new updates for the Toronto Bitcoin Expo. This event will be held from April 11 to April 13. The Expo will be the first large event to invite...

Karpeles’ Private Chat The failing bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox’s CEO Mark Karpeles has spoken through a web chat revealing little about what is going on with the exchange. He told an industry consultant on Tuesday that he has no plan of calling it quits regarding the troubled...

Would you believe that a shoe maker knows more about fixing clothes than a tailor? Apparently, Bruce Richards of Marathon Asset Management would, as he, who doesn’t know what Bitcoin is, was seen on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers” explaining what...

New Statement Released by MtGox In another non-attempt to sooth the frayed nerves of its concerned customers, MtGox founder and CEO Mark Karpeles issued another statement this morning. Dear MtGox Customers, As there is a lot of speculation regarding MtGox and its future, I would...

MtGox Shuts Down Transactions In the wake of all the problems MtGox has been having, the Bitcoin exchange company has taken it a step further: it has shut down transactions in order to protect its site and users. MtGox addresses the issue on its website: Dear MtGox Customers, In...

Azte.co London: A Resounding Success! Azte.co , the bricks and mortar source of bitcoin opened its doors on 19th Feb 2014 to bitcoin enthusiasts scattered all over London. Azte.co is the first store of its kind in Europe and is pioneering the sale of pay-as-you-go type bitcoin...

Major Exchanges Join Hands, Disown MtGox Blockchain.info issued a joint statement on February 24th, 2014 — 10:00 PM ET, addressing the issue with Mt.Gox.  “This tragic violation of the trust of users of Mt.Gox was the result of one company’s abhorrent actions and does not reflect...

Have a couple of bitcoins on you and hoping to fly abroad with ease and comfort? Think again. Davi Barker from dailyanarchist had a rough and scary experience with the TSA at Manchester as he was going home from the New Hampshire Liberty Forum. At the end of it all, Barker says...