<h4>Quick Take</h4> <ul> <li>Former Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles says the Associated Press mistakenly reported he had a &#8220;new bitcoin tech business&#8221;; a piece that was redistributed everywhere from the NYT to Japan&#8217;s biggest paper (and even The Block)</li> <li>He says that far from being new, he set up the four-person company in 2016, after he was released on bail, realising he would struggle to find employment</li> <li>Most importantly, Karpeles says Tristan Technologies is not a blockchain company. Instead, he says it has a wide mandate to provide cloud, security, and &#8220;legal-tech&#8221; solutions</li> <li>The company already has reportedly 500 customers and is profit making, focused on capturing the Japanese market</li> </ul>