At Mt. Gox bitcoin hub, 'geek' CEO sought both control and escape
April 20, 2014 at 21:27 PM EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - In June 2011, when customers of now-bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox agitated for proof that the Tokyo-based firm was still solvent after a hacking attack, CEO Mark Karpeles turned to the comedy science fiction novel "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy".
