A Look Back at the Rise and Fall of Mark Karpelès, CEO of Mt. Gox, the Largest Bitcoin Exchange of the Early 2010s.

Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.

Dec 10, 2023

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Mt. Gox, have you heard of it?

If you're new to the Bitcoin world, you may never have heard of this exchange platform, which operated from 2009 until its bankruptcy in February 2014.

Yet at the height of its glory, Mt. Gox handled over 70% of all Bitcoin transactions!

Behind Mt. Gox's success, but also its downfall, was one man: Mark Karpelès, known at the…

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