Mt. Gox Crash: BTCUSD falls below $150
Mt. Gox crashed through $200 around 16h00 (JST) after hovering at $250 overnight. An announcement from the exchange has been expected to come out today and it seems the waiting has caused jitters in the market and prompted a devastating sell-off below support. Updates have moved to this post: Mt. Gox Crash - blow-by-blow. Update: 19h05 Tokyo time: An underwhelming announcement by Mt. Gox says nothing about witdrawals at all - instead the company announces that it has employed additional staff to help process customer account verification requests. Update: 18h21 Tokyo time - still no....
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