Defunct Exchange Mt. Gox Moves $1B in Bitcoin to Two Wallets
This is the third significant on-chain movement of funds by the exchange in four weeks.
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This is the third significant on-chain movement of funds by the exchange in four weeks.
Mt. Gox-linked crypto wallets still hold $2.7 billion of bitcoin after having distributed nearly $6 billion worth of assets to creditors earlier this year, Arkham data shows.
Some users in the Mt. Gox creditors channel on Reddit reported receiving funds on their BitGo accounts.
Customers of the defunct crypto exchange lost their funds in a 2014 hack.
The imminent distribution of nearly $9 billion worth of bitcoin and bitcoin cash to Mt. Gox creditors have been a major overhang on crypto markets, with investors concerned about how much of those assets will be sold.
Users claim to have received as many as 22 login attempts from the Mt. Gox portal, ones that they did not initiate.
The Mt. Gox distribution will not end the bullish trend, CryptoQuant CEO noted.
The bank reduced its year-to-date crypto market net flow estimate to $8 billion due to a decline in bitcoin reserves across exchanges in the past month.
The market will have to absorb between $4-$6 billion worth of bitcoin selling pressure throughout the summer months, weighing on prices, K33 Research said.
The news of the repayments added selling pressure on bitcoin and the larger crypto market after Mt. Gox announced last month its intention to start repayments in July.