全球最大比特币交易平台MtGox宣布破产

据英国媒体3月1日报道，全球最大的比特币交易平台MtGox于上周五（28日）在东京正式提交了破产保护申请。

According to the British media on 1 March, MtGox, the world's largest Bitcoin trading platform, officially filed an application for insolvency protection in Tokyo last Friday (28).

据悉，28日，几位MtGox的代理律师已经向东京当地监管机构上交了破产保护申请，而就在前几天，MtGox刚刚宣布将暂时关闭在线交易，公司负责人还曾一度向外界宣称，他们正在“努力找寻解决目前问题的办法”。

According to the information received, on 28 November, several lawyers representing MtGox had filed an application for insolvency protection with the local regulatory body in Tokyo, while just a few days earlier MtGox had announced that it would temporarily close off online transactions, and the head of the company had once declared to the outside world that they were “working to find a solution to the current problems”.

另据法新社报道，虽然目前有关MtGox破产的详细信息仍然不得而知，但有消息指出，日本东京的一家地方法院目前已经受理了MtGox的破产申请，在法庭的听证会上，MtGox公司也宣称，公司已经“债台高筑”，未偿还的债务总额高达65亿日元。

It has also been reported by Agence France Presse that, while detailed information on MtGox's bankruptcy is still unknown, it has been reported that MtGox's bankruptcy application has now been processed by a local court in Tokyo, Japan, and that MtGox declared at the court hearing that the company had been “indebted” and that the total outstanding debt amounted to JPY 6.5 billion.

英国媒体表示，MtGox公司的律师是在美国监管机构宣布传唤该公司后，才决定采取行动申请破产保护的。此前，由于MtGox在安全方面存在漏洞，约有74.4万枚通过该平台交易的比特币遭窃，损失估计达到3.5亿美元，在遭窃事件发生后， MtGox不得不关闭了所有的在线交易，以避免事态扩大。

According to the British media, MtGox’s lawyer decided to take action to apply for bankruptcy protection only after the United States regulators had announced the summons. Previously, some 744,000 bitcoins traded through the platform had been stolen because of a security gap in MtGox, with an estimated loss of $350 million, and after the theft, MtGox had to close all online transactions in order to avoid an expansion of the situation.

而在此之后，由于买家急于将自己的比特币进行提现，MtGox方面也承受了巨大的压力。据悉，截至发稿前，一枚比特币的交易价格仍然高达561美元。

Since then, MtGox has been under considerable pressure because buyers are eager to raise their own bitcoin. It is known that a bitcoin transaction price was still as high as $561 as of the time of publication.

此外，针对近日以来的一些情况，日本财务副大臣也在上周表示，比特币的监管需要国家间的合作，以避免出现漏洞被人利用。

In addition, in response to a number of recent developments, Japan's Under-Secretary of State for Finance also stated last week that the regulation of Bitcoin required cooperation between States in order to avoid loopholes being exploited.

（来源：中国日报网 涂恬 编辑：王思宁）

(Source: China Daily News, Painting, Editor, Wang Sning)