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Japanese securities industry leader on bitcoin trading

NEW YORK, United States - Kazutoshi Inano, chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association, talks with reporters in New York on March 5, 2014. Inano said people trading in bitcoins should understand that they do so at their own risk, after the recent bankruptcy of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox.

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Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Karpeles (2nd from R), chief of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy court protection the same day after the exchange suddenly shut down all transactions of the virtual currency earlier in the week.

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Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Karpeles, chief of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, is pictured at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy court protection the same day after the exchange suddenly shut down all transactions of the virtual currency earlier in the week.

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Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Karpeles, chief of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, bows in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy court protection the same day after the exchange suddenly shut down all transactions of the virtual currency earlier in the week.

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Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Karpeles, chief of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy court protection the same day after the exchange suddenly shut down all transactions of the virtual currency earlier in the week.

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Tokyo bitcoin exchange closes transactions

TOKYO, Japan - A man carries a sign protesting against the indefinite halt of transactions by Mt. Gox, a major bitcoin exchange, in front of a building where the exchange is believed to be based in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Feb. 24, 2013. The sign reads, "Where is our money!?"

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Police search Mt. Gox CEO's house

Police officers enter the home of Mark Karpeles, chief executive officer of the bankrupt Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange, in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2015, for a house search. Karpeles was arrested on Aug. 1 on suspicion of manipulating his cash account in a scandal that badly damaged the reputation of the virtual online currency. He has denied the allegation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan police arrest Mt. Gox CEO over loss of bitcoins

Photo taken Aug. 1, 2015, shows Mark Karpeles (C), chief executive officer of the failed Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange who was arrested over the loss of a massive amount of virtual online currency. The Tokyo police suspect Karpeles, a Frenchman, made unauthorized access to the computer system of the exchange to falsify data on its outstanding balance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan police arrest Mt. Gox CEO over loss of bitcoins

Photo taken Aug. 1, 2015, shows Mark Karpeles (C), chief executive officer of the failed Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange who was arrested over the loss of a massive amount of virtual online currency. The Tokyo police suspect Karpeles, a Frenchman, made unauthorized access to the computer system of the exchange to falsify data on its outstanding balance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Representatives of Coincheck, the operator of the cryptocurrency NEM, tell a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018, that some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the digital currency they manage has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking, an amount eclipsing the 48 billion yen lost on the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Customers of cryptocurrency operator Coincheck gather around the company's building in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018. Some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the cryptocurrency NEM has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking, an amount eclipsing the 48 billion yen lost on the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo