Jakarta - The world's largest bitcoin exchange , Mt . Gox from Tokyo, has filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan in late February 2014 . A few weeks later , Mt . Gox also filed bankruptcy protection in the United States , Tuesday ( 03/18/2014 ) .
A judge in Dallas , Texas , has acknowledged kebangrutan Mt . Gox . The judge agreed to protect the company's assets and to temporarily halt two lawsuits in the U.S. against Mt . Gox .
Mt . Gox is scheduled to return to court on April 1 to extend bankruptcy protection .
In the U.S. , Mt . Gox get two lawsuits . The lawsuit comes from the management company bitcoin , Seattle Coinlab origin , and the other is with a lawsuit ( class action ) of the residents of Chicago , Illinois .
As quoted from the BBC , the Chicago resident attorney who filed a class action , Steven Hoodrow , told the judge that the case of Mt . Gox is a " big deception . "
Meanwhile , attorney Mt . Gox , David Parham , denied any cheating . CEO of Mt . Gox Mark Karpeles confirms that the company's security system has been compromised and the hacker stole all the assets of bitcoin .
Mt . Gox had detected no unusual activity on bitcoin wallet in his system at the beginning of February 2014 . Precisely dated February 7 , Mt . Gox suspended all customer transactions . Customers furious over move Mt . Gox because they can not withdraw or transfer bitcoin .
Exchanges claimed a total loss of 850,000 bitcoin is worth nearly 500 million U.S. dollars . Of these , 750,000 are owned bitcoin 100,000 customers and others are corporate assets .
Mt . Gox have an obligation debt of 63.9 million U.S. dollars , far exceeding the total current assets are 37.7 million U.S. dollars . In bankruptcy documents Mt . Gox noted , there are as many as 1,000 127,000 creditors and creditors of which came from Japan .
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