Ron Burgundy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 By Noriyuki Hirata and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will this week set out rules on how to handle bitcoins, the first sign that the government is taking action on regulating the virtual currency after the collapse last week of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, once the world's dominant bitcoin exchange. Japan has struggled to define its approach to bitcoin since the collapse of Mt. Gox, which filed for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo on Friday, saying it had lost bitcoins and cash worth some half a billion dollars due to hacker attacks on what it said was its lax computer system security. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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