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At Mt. Gox bitcoin hub, ‘geek’ CEO sought both control and escape

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Apr

2014

By Sophie Knight TOKYO (Reuters) – 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. During an online chat, Karpeles moved the equivalent […]

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Bitcoin boss Karpeles easily led, not dishonest: mother

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Apr

2014

By Lionel Laurent PARIS (Reuters) – Mark Karpeles, CEO of failed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, was a bright child, but a poor student, a lousy communicator and “too conciliatory”, allowing others to take advantage of him, his mother Anne said in a telephone interview. Speaking from her home in Switzerland last week, Anne, 57, said […]

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Mt. Gox CEO won’t appear in U.S. for questions about bankruptcy case

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Apr

2014

Mark Karpeles, the chief executive of Mt. Gox, said he would not come to the United States to answer questions about the Japanese bitcoin exchange’s U.S. bankruptcy case, Mt. Gox lawyers told a federal judge on Monday. In the court filing, Mt. Gox lawyers cited a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes […]

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