Former Exchange CEO Mark Karpeles Reveals Plans to Airdrop NFTs to Mt Gox Cus...
The former CEO of the bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, Mark Karpeles, announced he has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) project that will give Mt Gox customers registered between 2010 and 2014 an airdropped NFT. The Mt Gox NFTs are ERC721-compatible tokens that claim to provide “specific use cases.” Former Exchange CEO Announces Commemorative Mt Gox NFTs Mark Karpeles is once again returning to the crypto industry, as he’s announced the launch of an NFT collection tied to the Mt Gox bankruptcy. “You can claim your Mt Gox NFT on [mtgoxnft.net] if....
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The major Bitcoin news headline this weekend came in the form of former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles being arrested in Japan. After Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was forced to shut down in 2014 due to “funds being stolen by hackers”, a recovery process for affected customers slowly started taking shape. But it looks like justice will be served sooner rather than later, as Mark Karpeles admitted to misusing customer funds. Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which at one time was the largest digital currency exchange platform in the world, has always been controlled by one individual, named Mark Karpeles.....
Ukraine has received nearly $40 million in crypto donations, out of which almost $7 million came after the announcement of the now-canceled airdrop. The vice prime minister of Ukraine informed the public on Wednesday that they have decided to cancel the airdrop for crypto donors that was announced on Tuesday and plans to raise more money through the sale of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) instead.After careful consideration we decided to cancel airdrop. Every day there are more and more people willing to help Ukraine to fight back the agression. Instead, we will announce NFTs to support....
Japanese authorities will be arresting Mark Karpeles, former CEO of Mt. Gox, at one time the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world. Investigators claim that Karpeles played the system for years, skimming bitcoins while the exchange was actually in debt. It is now commonly believed that the exchange may have been broke since as early as 2011, but always managed to appear as if things were being done properly. The Japanese government is charging Karpeles with cooking the books, using fake accounts to fill orders, fraudulently skimming funds in the process. Following the independent report....
According to recent reports, an earlier hacking incident that occurred even before Mark Karpeles took over Mt Gox may have also contributed to its demise. What really happened with Mt Gox, the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange at one time which unfortunately went bankrupt? The bankruptcy was allegedly brought upon it due to the theft of huge amounts of bitcoin by hackers combined with mismanagement and embezzlement by Mark Karpeles, the owner and CEO of Mt Gox at that time. But with conflicting reports going around, it is hard to track the whole operating history of Mt Gox along with the....
Mark Karpeles is back in the headlines with a recent interview with PC World. Beyond launching some new services and returning to Twitter over the last several months, Karpeles has otherwise been reticent about talking about Bitcoin to the press since such conversations invariably lead to the failed Mt. Gox. Karpeles gave IDG News Services, operator of PC World, an interview on the condition that litigation, police investigations, and Mt. Gox not be discussed except in broad terms. CCN has also previously interviewed Mark Karpeles about his new project, forever.net. Also read: Mark....