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Bitcoin Plunges After Mt. Gox Exchange Halts Trades

Posted by timothy on from the well-at-least-dark-grey-friday dept.

krakman writes with this excerpt from Bloomberg News: "Bitcoin plunged more than 8 percent [Friday] after a Tokyo-based exchange halted withdrawals of the digital currency, citing technical malfunction. Mt. Gox, claimed in a blog post it needed to 'temporarily pause on all withdrawal requests to obtain a clear technical view of the currency processes.' It promised an 'update' — not a reopening — on Monday, Feb. 10, Japan time. This is day after Russia's Prosecutor General concluded Bitcoin and other digital currencies are illegal under current law."

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  1. Re:Enough with this "fuck beta" nonsense. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  2. Re:paste this to cut the BETA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, we get it. You don't like the beta. Neither do I.

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