Breaking: Mt. Gox Prepares to Move the Rest of 80.5K Bitcoins, BTC Under Pressure

As a seasoned crypto investor with a few battle scars from past market volatilities and exchange hacks, I can’t help but feel a mix of unease and intrigue as I read about Mt. Gox moving its remaining Bitcoins. The saga of this once-promising exchange has been a long and painful one for the crypto community.


Following transfers of approximately 50,000 Bitcoins over the last fortnight to creditors on Kraken and Bitstamp, insolvent cryptocurrency platform Mt. Gox is now contemplating transferring its remaining 80,500 Bitcoins. This decision arises at a juncture when Bitcoin’s price is experiencing significant rejection around the $70,000 resistance level.

Mt. Gox Bitcoins On the Move

According to Arkham Intelligence’s data, an account linked to Mt. Gox (specifically address 12Rgp) sent two small transactions. The first transfer amounted to 0.02 BTC or approximately $1,350 to an address starting with 1Adb. Likewise, the second transfer consisted of 0.0001 BTC, equivalent to around $6.70, to another address beginning with bc1q. This pattern indicates that Mt. Gox is likely performing trial runs before moving the significant amount of 80,128 BTC, valued at a staggering $5.35 billion, under its control.

Previously mentioned, Mt. Gox has transferred the initial portion of Bitcoins to creditors on Kraken and Bitstamp over the past two weeks. Some complications arose with withdrawals at these exchanges last week, but they have mostly been resolved at this point.

The Story is Still building up, stay tuned….

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2024-07-30 06:48