Exchange

Mt. Gox

Tokyo-based Bitcoin exchange that handled roughly 70% of all BTC trading in 2013. Filed for bankruptcy February 2014 after the disclosure of ~850,000 BTC missing from its wallets. Civil rehabilitation proceedings have been distributing recovered BTC to creditors since 2024.

Records: 1
Cumulative losses: $450.0M

Records featuring Mt. Gox

victim·February 24, 2014ongoing
Mt. Gox Collapse — February 2014
The exchange handling 70 percent of global Bitcoin trading suspended withdrawals, filed for bankruptcy, and disclosed the loss of 850,000 BTC — a recovery that is still being distributed to creditors a decade later.
$450.0M affected

Records featuring Mt. Gox

Mt. Gox Collapse — February 2014