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

Mt. Gox, once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange handling approximately 70% of all Bitcoin transactions, filed for bankruptcy in Tokyo. CEO Mark Karpeles revealed that approximately 850,000 BTC (worth ~$450 million) had been lost. The collapse was the most significant crisis Bitcoin had faced since the 2010 value overflow incident.

Major Twitter hack uses Bitcoin in largest social media security breach

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.