'œA big part of the reason I handed it off to Mark is that the amount of effort that you need to put into security is something I didn't want to do.' '" Jed McCaleb Interview location: San Francisco Interview date: Wednesday 30th Jan, 2019 Company: Stellar Role: Cofounder In February 2014 Mt. Gox suspended trading and filed for bankruptcy after approximately 850,000 Bitcoins were stolen, at the time, valued at more than $450m. At the time of its demise, it was being run by Mark Karpelƒs who had acquired the site from Jed McCaleb in 2011. In this interview, I talk to Jed about the creation of Mt. Gox, the handover to Mark Karpelƒs and what responsibility he shares for its collapse. This episode is also on:iTunesYoutubeStitcherGoogle PlayTuneIn Listen to more What Bitcoin Did episodes