After Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox collapsed, users lost millions of dollars worth of bitcoins overnight. It remains a mystery as to whether fraud, mismanagement, cybercrime or a combination of the three caused the exchange to fail, but the incident has damaged the cryptocurrency's reputation and made many wary of using it.
Those who were affected by the Mt. Gox closing have been searching for ways to recover some of their funds, but a Japanese court ruling this week is likely to make that process much more difficult.
