Commencement of Beginning of Bankruptcy Proceedings Announced By Mt. Gox

Commencement of Beginning of Bankruptcy Proceedings Announced By Mt. Gox

In a note made public on Thursday, attorney-at-law Nobuaki Kobayashi announced on behalf of disgraced bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox that At 5 p.m. on April 24, 2014, the Tokyo District Court issued an order of commencement of; the bankruptcy proceedings for MtGox. Kobayashi has been appointed as the bankruptcy trustee and will be responsible to administer and dispose company assets. The move comes following the company's initial plan to carry through with civil rehabilitation, which was canceled due to complexities in communicating with the exchange's numerous creditors around the world. This....


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