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The failed Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox, received court approval on Tuesday to begin Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings in the United States as it awaits approval of a settlement with U.S. customers and a sale of its business. Mt Gox was once the worlds leading exchange for trading the digital currency, but shut its website earlier this year after saying it lost some 850,000 bitcoins – worth more than $500 million at current prices – in a hacking attack. Judge Stacey Jernigan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas granted recognition of the Chapter 15 case, which allows Mt Goxs foreign representative to file lawsuits and pursue potential funds to repay creditors. Under the deal, U.S. and Canadian customers will split the 200,000 bitcoins held by Mt. Gox and share in a 16.5 percent stake after Mt. Gox is sold.