Bitcoin Auction: Bidders Line Up As Mt.Gox Head Regrets

Despite the wild price shifts and shady dealings associated with bitcoin, bidders are lining up to participate in a government auction Friday to get a piece of the possibly shrinking global supply of it. In a first for U.S. marshalls, the government will hold a 12-hour auction to sell nearly 30,000 bitcoins recovered during the shutdown of online marketplace Silk Road, with potential bidders including investment firm SecondMarket, Bitcoin Investment Trust, Binary Financial and Pantera Capital, a...