The fledgling digital currency Bitcoin faces another test of its viability amid the implosion of what was once its biggest online exchange.
The Tokyo-based exchange, called Mt. Gox, suspended trading and went offline Monday as evidence appeared to suggest that it was insolvent and unable to repay customers with accounts worth in the hundreds of millions.
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