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Topic: [2015-08-17] Benzinga: Mt. Gox Who? bitFlyer Wipes The Slate Clean In Japan (Read 413 times)

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Japan Is Over Its Bitcoin Woes

Eighteen months have passed since Mt Gox, the infamous bitcoin exchange based in Tokyo, filed for Bankruptcy. This is overwhelmingly considered to be the prime factor to herald the onset of a bearish trend in Japanese bitcoin sentiment for over a year.

Recently, this sentiment only got worse for Bitcoin in Japan when Mark Karpeles, former CEO of Mt Gox was arrested for allegedly stealing funds and adding them to his personal account from one of the many Mt Gox exchange bitcoin wallets.

This was followed by another painful stroke as the Tokyo ...

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