By John Glenday

Tokyo-based Bitcoin exchange MtGox has issued its first public statement since the service was Taken offline following a £210m theft.

In it, exchange boss Mark Karpeles said he was ‘working very hard with the support of different parties’ to get the service back up and running, and reassured he investors he hadn’t fled the country: “I would like to use this opportunity to reassure everyone that I am still in Japan,

Out of pocket customers have staged a series of angry protests in Tokyo, demanding to know what has happened to their money.

They had been using the service to convert Read full story ›

Source: The Drum