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Mt. Gox

Mt. Gox was a cryptocurrency exchange for buying and selling Bitcoin that closed after a major hack in 2014. The hack resulted in the loss of 850,000 Bitcoins, worth over $450 million at the time. Mt. Gox was the largest Bitcoin exchange at the time of the hack, and the hack dealt a major blow to the Bitcoin community.



27 Dec 2023

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