Tag - mt-gox

 
Menu
Search
 
April 30, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

MT GOX

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 16, 2015
Mt. Gox chief was thought by U.S. to be Silk Road mastermind
The former head of the bankrupt Mt. Gox Co. bitcoin exchange was originally believed by U.S. investigators to be the secret mastermind behind the Silk Road online drug marketplace, an agent who infiltrated the website told jurors at the trial of the man prosecutors now accuse of running it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2014
Bitcoin policymaker tries to gain converts before election
The man who single-handedly made Japan an oasis for bitcoin entrepreneurs was holding court with political supporters. The price of admission: ¥10,000.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2014
Horie sees bitcoin as route to more security, less government
The failure earlier this year of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox may have stirred Japanese doubts about the credibility of the digital currency.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 26, 2014
Bitcoin exchange Kraken to help in Mt. Gox bankruptcy
U.S. bitcoin exchange operator Payward Inc said on Wednesday it will work on retrieving some millions of dollars lost by Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, once the world's largest bitcoin exchange before it collapsed in bankruptcy this year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2014
Creditors sue CEO of failed Mt. Gox for damages from bitcoin losses
Three creditors of Mt. Gox, a Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange operator that went bankrupt in February, have filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court, demanding that its CEO, Mark Karpeles, pay ¥23.5 million in damages, it was learned Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2014
Bitcoin payments by pedophiles frustrate child porn battle
In a two-story building in the English university town of Cambridge, researchers at the U.K.'s Internet Watch Foundation pore over online images of sexually abused children in an effort to remove them from the Web. It is dispiriting work, and this year it grew more complicated when they found a new payment button next to the icons of Visa, MasterCard and PayPal: bitcoin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2014
Mt. Gox insider's Kraken exchange to open in Japan next month
Jesse Powell knew Mt. Gox was not long for this world more than two years before the once-dominant bitcoin exchange went bankrupt in February.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2014
Ex-Goldman trader says his bitcoin exchange will fill Mt. Gox void
Yuzo Kano quit Goldman Sachs Group Inc. twice: once for a rival bank, the second time to open Japan's first bitcoin exchange since the collapse of Mt. Gox.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2014
Chinese bitcoin firm joins Atlas ATS in bid for Mt. Gox assets
BitOcean, a Chinese bitcoin startup, joined with New York-based exchange platform Atlas ATS Inc. to bid for the assets of Mt. Gox, the exchange platform that filed for bankruptcy in Japan earlier this year.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2014
Mt. Gox gets bankruptcy OK
Mt. Gox Co., once the world's largest bitcoin exchange, won approval of its U.S. bankruptcy filing, giving a boost to the Japanese investigation into the disappearance of 650,000 units of the digital currency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2014
Mt. Gox CEO Karpeles sought both control, escape
In June 2011, when customers of now-bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox agitated for proof that the Tokyo-based firm was still solvent after a hacking attack, CEO Mark Karpeles turned to the comedy science fiction novel "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy".
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2014
U.S. court can't reach Mt. Gox's Karpeles: lawyer
Mt. Gox Co. principal Mark Karpeles is beyond the reach of a U.S. court where he and the bankrupt bitcoin exchange are being sued for consumer fraud by two American depositors, his attorney told a federal judge.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2014
The bitcoin rhapsody to continue
Attempts to save on remittance fees by using bitcoins could lead to an addiction, which in turn risks the loss of one's savings.
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2014
Mt. Gox finds 200,000 'forgotten' bitcoins in old online wallet
After filing for bankruptcy protection and announcing it had lost nearly 850,000 bitcoins, Mt. Gox finds 200,000 'forgotten' bitcoins worth ¥51 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2014
Cabinet to mull bitcoin regulation 'if necessary'
The Abe administration decided Tuesday to consider taking steps to regulate bitcoin trading, if necessary, after obtaining more information about the digital currency.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2014
Mizuho caught up in suits against Mt. Gox
Mizuho Bank becomes ensnared in North American legal fallout from the collapse of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox last month, following a massive cybertheft.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2014
U.S. senator's criticism of bitcoin is misguided for playing down investors' love of the game
It isn't clear why bitcoin deflation matters to the U.S. economy. Goods and services aren't priced in bitcoins. The buyer who 'spends' bitcoins at a restaurant or store is just exchanging them for dollars, which do the buying.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Mar 15, 2014
Why criminals love bitcoins so
Criminals may already have made off with $500 million worth of bitcoins since the virtual currency was launched in 2009 — and you can double that if they emptied Mt. Gox's coffers.
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2014
Regulating bitcoins
Japan will have to cooperate with other countries to prevent the use of bitcoin for illegal purposes. Some people, though, look forward to the convenience of bitcoin.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2014
Brokerage watchdog warns of bitcoin risks
The bitcoin digital currency can expose people to significant losses, fraud and theft, and the lure of a potential quick profit should not blind investors to its significant risks, a brokerage industry watchdog warns.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Students ‘study abroad’ on island of Suo Oshima
Students ‘study abroad’ on island of Suo Oshima

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER