日本警方１日逮捕前比特币最大交易平台Ｍｔ.Ｇｏｘ公司首席执行官马克·卡尔普勒，怀疑他牵涉一系列商业欺诈。
On 1 January, the Japanese police arrested Mark Karpple, former Chief Executive Officer of Mt. Gox, the largest trading platform in Bitcoin, on suspicion that he was involved in a series of commercial frauds.
按东京警视厅的说法，卡尔普勒涉嫌２０１３年２月“未经许可”切入Ｍｔ.Ｇｏｘ公司电脑系统，通过操控数据，使自己的现金账号多出约１００万美元。
According to the Tokyo Police Department, Karpple was suspected of having “unauthorized” access to the Mt.Gox computer system in February 2013, which enabled his cash account to increase by about $1 million through data manipulation.
电视画面显示，卡尔普勒当天上午被警方从家中带走时身穿蓝色Ｔ恤，上面写着“毫不费力的法国人”，头戴棒球帽，没有回应媒体提问。
Television footage shows that Kalpleu was taken from his home by the police the same morning wearing a blue T-shirt with the words “French without effort”, wearing a baseball cap and not responding to questions from the media.
一旦获罪，这名现年３０岁的法国人将面临至多５年监禁或最高５０万日元（４０００美元）罚款。
Upon conviction, the Frenchman, currently 30 years of age, is liable to imprisonment for up to five years or a fine of up to 500,000 yen (US$ 4,000).
一些日本媒体报道，警方还可能在调查卡尔普勒是否以类似手段向自己的比特币账号添资，以及他是否牵扯先前轰动一时的比特币丢失案。警方怀疑他多次把用户账号的比特币转入自己名下，进行投机交易牟利。警方认为，只有卡尔普勒有能力切入该公司的电脑服务器。
Some Japanese media reported that the police might also be investigating whether Calpple had used similar means to add money to his bitcoin account, and whether he had been involved in the loss of bitcoin, which had previously been sensationalized. The police suspected that he had transferred bitcoin from his user account to his own name on several occasions to make speculative transactions. The police believed that only Karpler had the ability to cut into the company’s computer servers.
Ｍｔ.Ｇｏｘ公司２０１４年２月２８日宣布，因交易平台的８５万个比特币被盗一空，包括用户交易账号中约７５万比特币以及公司自身账号中约１０万比特币，这家企业已经向日本东京地方法院申请破产保护。依据当时汇率，损失约４．６７亿美元。
Mt. Gox announced on 28 February 2014 that 850,000 bits of bitcoins had been stolen from the trading platform, including about 750,000 bitcoins from the user trading account and about 100,000 bitcoins from the company's own account, and that the business had applied to the Tokyo District Court of Japan for bankruptcy protection. According to the exchange rate at that time, about $467 million had been lost.
这家企业认为，比特币被盗是由支持比特币软件算法的一个系统缺陷和黑客攻击导致。
According to the enterprise, the theft of Bitcoin was the result of a systemic defect and hacking attack that supported the Bitcoin software algorithm.
暂时不清楚警方是否会对卡尔普勒提起更多刑事指控。
It is not clear, for the time being, whether there will be more criminal charges against Calpleu by the police.
监管缺位
比特币由一个化名为“中本聪”的人提出，２００９年诞生。有别于现时流通货币，这一“黑客货币”由电脑数学运算“生成”，可以使用电脑硬件人为“开采”，借助对等网络（Ｐ２Ｐ）“流通”。
Bitcoin was proposed by a person who is known as “Middle-Hear” and was born in 2009. Unlike the current currency, this “hacker currency” is “generated” by computer mathematics, which allows computer hardware to be used for “mining” and is “mobilized” by means of a peer network (P2P).
它设计总量为２１００万个，“开采”难度逐渐增加，预计２１４０年以前达到上限。
It has a total design of 21 million and the difficulty of “mining” is gradually increasing, with a ceiling expected to be reached by 2140.
比特币诞生后获得外界广泛关注，不少投机者介入导致比特币价格大幅波动。１个比特币的“市值”一度达到１２００美元，但在Ｍｔ．Ｇｏｘ申请破产保护后，它身价暴跌。１日最新“汇率”为１个比特币“兑换”约２８０美元。
After the birth of Bitcoin, a number of speculators intervened to cause significant price fluctuations in bitcoin. The “market value” of a bitcoin once amounted to $1,200, but its price fell sharply after Mt. Gox applied for bankruptcy protection. The latest “exchange rate” was about $280 for a bitcoin.
现阶段，没有任何一个国家或地区给予比特币正式认可。对于是否承认比特币是一种货币、是否允许比特币流通，各国官方机构仍未达成共识。它不在银行系统之中，也没有发行的中央机构，一些国家因而对这种货币持中性态度，譬如美国联邦政府监管人员说虚拟货币可以有“合法用途”，德国监管人员把比特币视作“记账单位”。
At this stage, there is no formal recognition of Bitcoin by any country or region. There is still no consensus on whether to recognize bitcoin as a currency and allow it to circulate. It is not part of the banking system, nor is there a central authority to issue it. Some countries therefore have a neutral attitude towards this currency, for example, when United States federal government regulators say that virtual money can be used “lawfully” and German regulators treat bitcoin as a “recording unit”.
而对于因Ｍｔ．Ｇｏｘ公司遭受损失的比特币持有人而言，获知丢失的比特币下落与挽回损失似乎更具现实意义。（刘红霞）（新华社特稿）
For the Bitcoin holders who suffered losses as a result of Mt. Gox, it seems more relevant to know the whereabouts of the lost bitcoin and to recover the loss.
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