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Event February 28, 2014 Added February 22, 2026 Updated July 20, 2026 Article

Mt. Gox files for bankruptcy — 850,000 BTC lost

NPR ↔ Mark Karpeles

Mt. Gox — once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange handling ~70% of transactions — filed for bankruptcy in Tokyo. CEO Mark Karpeles revealed ~850,000 BTC (~$450M) had been lost.

Event July 15, 2020 Added February 8, 2026 Updated July 20, 2026 Article

Major Twitter hack uses Bitcoin in largest social media security breach

Twitter

Hackers compromise high-profile Twitter accounts including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and Apple, posting Bitcoin scam messages in the largest security breach in the platform's history.