CCN Week in Review: Mt. Gox "Finds" 200K BTC, Blockchain Downtime, Bitcoin Price Drop, and More
The week of 17 March - 23 March was pretty eventful in the Bitcoin world. We learned that Mt. Gox stumbled upon 200,000 bitcoins previously thought to have been stolen in an old wallet, that popular web wallet Blockchain suffered extended downtime due to a database issue, that the price of bitcoin fell below 600 USD, and more. Here are our top stories this week in case you missed them. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMUFGTTaKQ?rel=0&w=560&h=315]. Mt. Gox Recovers Thousands of Lost Bitcoins. The Mt. Gox tale continues. On the 18th of March, the exchange began allowing users to log....
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