The Missing Bitcoin Billions
The mystery of the missing Bitcoin billions: a real-life cryptocurrency crime drama.
File on 4 Investigates · BBC Radio 4
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As controversy rages around whether the Bitcoin bubble is about to burst, File on 4 investigates the mystery of the missing Bitcoin billions.
In 2014 one of the world's biggest Bitcoin exchanges - Mt Gox - suddenly stopped trading and filed for bankruptcy. It then announced that thousands of Bitcoins with a value of almost half a billion pounds had gone missing, leaving customers out of pocket and wondering what had gone on. For a while that remained a mystery, but recently US investigators have revealed that another exchange was involved - and there had been a huge Bitcoin theft...
What transpires is a murky transnational tale spanning Russia, Europe, Japan and the United States.
In a case which shines a light on the darkest corners of online trading Geoff White tells the story of the real-life digital crime drama which shocked the cryptocurrency world.
Reporter: Geoff White Producer: Nicola Dowling Editor: Gail Champion.