Independent Investigators Find Fresh Details on Mt. Gox

Independent Investigators Find Fresh Details on Mt. Gox

Tokyo-based Bitcoin Security Specialists Wizsec recently published a protracted report, revealing the suspicious behavior of Mt. Gox trading bot Willy. Due to their non disclosure agreements with the official investigators, the private investigation firm revealed only a handful of details which they believed were "safe" enough to made public. In their censored dispatch, Wizsec elaborated how Willy bought a large number of Bitcoins (around 250,000 BTC) within a specific period. This buyout reportedly was the ultimate source of 2013's famous rally towards $1000 mark. The following graph from....


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