اشهرت بورصة "MTGOX " التي تعد أكبر وأقدم بورصة لتداول العملة الافتراضية بيتكوين، أشهرت إفلاسها وقدمت طلبا إلى السلطات الأمريكية لحمايتها من المقرضين، حسب قانون الإفلاس الأمريكي.
اشهرت بورصة "MTGOX " التي تعد أكبر وأقدم بورصة لتداول العملة الافتراضية بيتكوين أشهرت إفلاسها، وقدمت طلبا إلى السلطات الأمريكية لحمايتها من المقرضين، حسب قانون الإفلاس الأمريكي، وكانت قد تقدمت بطلب مماثل في وقت سابق إلى السلطات اليابانية.
وقبلت محكمة مختصة بإعلان الإفلاس في دالاس الأمريكية الطلب، وستصدر حكمها النهائي بهذا الشأن قريبا.
يذكر أن بورصة "MTGOX" اليابانية كانت قد تعرضت الشهر الماضي للقرصنة عبر الانترنيت، ما أدى إلى وقف أعمالها وتكبدها خسائر تقدر بنحو نصف مليار دولار، بعد استيلاء القراصنة على نحو 750 ألف بيتكوين، ما تسبب بدوره بخسائر لألوف المستثمرين،
هذا وقد أثارت قضية إفلاس إحدى أكبر بورصات بيتكوين الجدل من جديد حول مستقبل العملات الافتراضية.
يشار إلى أن بعض الدول أعلنت عدم شرعية التداول بالعملة الافتراضية بيتكوين، وذلك عقب اتهامات باستغلالها في عمليات غسل الأموال والتجارة غير المشروعة عبر الانترنت.
Failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox, whose spectacular collapse hammered the digital currency's reputation, is to be liquidated after a Japanese court on Thursday ordered the start of bankruptcy proceedings, said a lawyer appointed to carry out the process.
The global virtual currency community was shaken by the shuttering of MtGox, which froze withdrawals in early February because of what the firm said was a bug in the software underpinning Bitcoin that allowed hackers to pilfer them.
The exchange filed for bankruptcy protection soon after, admitting it had lost 850,000 coins which were worth nearly $500 million at the time. It made a similar filing in the United States in early March.
The ruling by the Tokyo District Court on Thursday all but spells the end for a company that at one time processed around 80 percent of global transactions in the virtual currency.
"(I) will implement the bankruptcy proceedings, in which the assets of the bankrupt entity will be managed and converted into cash," said a statement attributed to bankruptcy trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi posted on the exchange's website.
"If funds for a distribution are secured, the liquidating distribution will be made."
He added that a creditors' meeting will be held on July 23, but warned that there were no guarantees about how much money—if any—investors would get back.
"The actual amount and value of Bitcoins and cash of the company will be investigated by the bankruptcy trustee with the cooperation of certain experts," the statement said.
Bitcoins are generated by complex chains of interactions among a huge network of computers around the planet and are not backed by any government or central bank.
Failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox, whose spectacular collapse hammered the digital currency's reputation, is to be liquidated after a Japanese court on Thursday ordered the start of bankruptcy proceedings, said a lawyer appointed to carry out the process.
The global virtual currency community was shaken by the shuttering of MtGox, which froze withdrawals in early February because of what the firm said was a bug in the software underpinning Bitcoin that allowed hackers to pilfer them.
The exchange filed for bankruptcy protection soon after, admitting it had lost 850,000 coins which were worth nearly $500 million at the time. It made a similar filing in the United States in early March.
The ruling by the Tokyo District Court on Thursday all but spells the end for a company that at one time processed around 80 percent of global transactions in the virtual currency.
"(I) will implement the bankruptcy proceedings, in which the assets of the bankrupt entity will be managed and converted into cash," said a statement attributed to bankruptcy trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi posted on the exchange's website.
"If funds for a distribution are secured, the liquidating distribution will be made."
He added that a creditors' meeting will be held on July 23, but warned that there were no guarantees about how much money—if any—investors would get back.
"The actual amount and value of Bitcoins and cash of the company will be investigated by the bankruptcy trustee with the cooperation of certain experts," the statement said.
Bitcoins are generated by complex chains of interactions among a huge network of computers around the planet and are not backed by any government or central bank.
