Trading at Mt. Gox Disabled, Website Currently Offline
Tokyo-based Mt. Gox has seemingly gone silent. With user reports that trading has been disabled (see this thread on Reddit), a joint statement that originally declared the company's insolvency (but was edited later to remove the word "insolvency"), and the fact the website is offline, the community is abuzz with theories and speculation - none of which are particularly optimistic. But the overwhelming consensus is that the beast has fallen. We can't confirm this independently, but whatever is going on at Mt. Gox definitely isn't good. Earlier this evening, The Two-Bit Idiot published an....
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