The CEO of Mt. Gox has released a statement for the first time since the Bitcoin exchange was shut down.

This amid speculation that the CEO was in hiding, following reports that an estimated 744,000

bitcoins worth about $350 million was stolen.

Japanese authorities are currently said to be investigating the matter.

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What if there was a money system that wasn't tied to any specific country?

And what if that money system was both anonymous where you can't tell who owns the money

and transparent or anyone can see every transaction? What if that money system was completely digital

whether it wasn't a need to print bills or coins? There is such a money system. It's called Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is a decentralized electronic currency. Instead of there being a big data center that

handles all the transactions in Bitcoin world, the transactions are done by crowd sourcing.

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