Bitcoin Price Decline Amid Sell-Off Fears from “Mt.Gox” Exchange: Bitcoin prices have fallen as traders monitor transfers
from wallets associated with the collapsed “Mt.Gox” exchange.
The exchange’s managers have intensified efforts to return $9 billion worth of the currency, representing the largest debt of digital assets.

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Price Decline

Large Transfers

Background of “Mt.Gox” Exchange

Liquidation Process

Returning Bitcoin to Creditors

Bitcoin Price Recovery

Price Decline

The cryptocurrency fell by 2.7% and was trading at around $67,840 at 12:15 PM on Tuesday in Singapore.
The decline included smaller currencies, such as Ethereum, which ranked second.

Large Transfers

According to CryptoQuant and Arkham Intelligence data, approximately 42,829 bitcoins
worth about $2.9 billion were transferred from “Mt.Gox” wallets during early Asian trading on Tuesday.
The wallets still contained 95,061 bitcoins after the transfer.

Background of “Mt.Gox” Exchange

Mt.Gox, based in Tokyo, was once the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world. However, it was hacked in 2011 and went bankrupt in 2014.
Last year, US prosecutors accused two Russian nationals of conspiring with others to hack the exchange’s servers.

Liquidation Process

The “Mt.Gox” manager stated that creditors should receive their dues by October 31 as the liquidation process progresses.
One major issue is that those receiving the tokens might sell them, putting pressure on the price of Bitcoin.

Returning Bitcoin to Creditors

“Mt.Gox” began returning Bitcoin to creditors on Tuesday for the first time since May 2018.
According to CryptoQuant data, the collapsed platform previously held approximately 137,892 bitcoins.
Previous documents indicated that “Mt.Gox” also had Bitcoin Cash and fiat money.
Some fiat money has already been returned. The price of Bitcoin Cash fell by 5% on Tuesday.

Bitcoin Price Recovery

Bitcoin has recovered after a sharp decline in 2022, with its price quadrupling since the beginning of last year,
aided by the launch of exchange-traded funds investing in Bitcoin during spot trading in January.
The digital currency reached a record high of $73,798 in mid-March.

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