Mark Karpeles: Mt. Gox Grew Too Fast, Too Quickly
CEO of Mt. Gox, Mark Karpeles, has finally broken his silence to tell the world how it feels to lose 850,000 bitcoins. In an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal's Tokyo reporters Takashi Mochizuki and Eleanor Warnock, Karpeles revealed he was "scared, frustrated and angry" in February when he realized the extent of the now-defunct exchange's losses, which total $499,027,945 at today's exchange rate. The weakest point. He lamented that as the head of the company, it had been his mission to protect customers and employees, admitting that "The weakest point of my company was....
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