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Placed some coins into MtGox, but are wondering how many? The MtGox website is now allowing users to check their account balance to see how many bitcoins they have. MtGox Users Allowed to Login The ex-Bitcoin exchange has slightly updated its homepage to show a login screen and a...

Mt.Gox’s Stolen Data Had a Trojan That Stole Bitcoin! News just in: Securelist has found that the stolen data from Mark Karpeles’ computer had a Bitcoin-stealing Trojan that hid itself as a “back-end app for managing Mt. Gox trades.” According to news website itbusinessnet, the...

With MtGox’s demise and call for bankruptcy protection, things aren’t looking so good for MtGox users who have lost their bitcoins. Legal processing could take years before a concise outcome is heard. Thus, Humint and the Mastercoin Foundation are proposing Goxcoin as a solution...

Benjamin Lawsky, the superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, has said that MtGox’s demise will strengthen Bitcoin in the end. Lawsky has also proposed BitLicense, a method of regulating Bitcoin companies. Lawsky told Reuters, “It’s on the one...

MtGox Issues New Statement MtGox, Tokyo based bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy protection on February 28th, after having revealed that they had lost the bitcoins of not only their customers, but also their own. The bitcoin exchange has remained consistent throughout its...

After having filed for bankruptcy protection just last week, MtGox announced yesterday, March 2nd, the opening of a call center on its website. Falling apart, the troubled exchange filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court Friday. Approximately 750,000...

Penny Stocks for Dummies The author of “Penny Stocks for Dummies”, Peter Leeds, speaks out about bitcoin and other digital currencies in circulation. A publisher of a newsletter focusing on risky investments, Leeds believes that it is unlikely that bitcoin will ever get better...

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...

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...

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...