Mt. Gox

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Hashbtc.jpgThis page is a stub. Help by expanding it. MtGox is the most widely used bitcoin currency exchange market. It deals mainly in LRUSD. Historically, due to the way that mtgox works, it have higher exchange volume than any markets in the bitcoin economy.. This is mainly because mtgox requires all traders to deposit balances with mtgox. In turns, it make trading on the market instant. MtGox is run by Jed.

Trading

MtGox takes a 0.65% commission fee from each party of successful trades through the market.

Wallet/Banking

MtGox also operates as an eWallet service. It also offers ecommerce merchant services.

History

Mtgox went online on July 18, 2010.[1]

On October 10, 2010 MtGox announced that their PayPal account had been suspended as a result of a scammer using stolen Paypal accounts to transfer funds to MtGox. Fraudulent Paypal transactions and chargebacks were also reported by Bitcoin Market customers around this time. Mtgox switched from Paypal to Liberty Reserve as the main funding option as a result of this attack. Former Paypal customers still had the possibility to withdraw their USD using alternative methods.

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