In 2014, the Mt. gox exchange, which suffered a hacking attack in 2014 and went bankrupt at that time, made a big noise. more than 106 thousand BTC outflowed from the wallets of the Mt. gox exchange early this morning. The transfers were made to an unknown wallet. After BTC outflows, the Bitcoin price fell below $68 thousand.
Transfers; “1JbezDVd9VsK9o1Ga9UqLydeuEvhKLAPs6” wallet.
Are the payments finally starting?
The exchange, which lost 850 thousand Bitcoins after the attack in 2014, later found 200 thousand BTC in other wallets. The company, which became able to make payments in this way, has been working on payment plans for about 10 years. Although the last payment date was set for October 2023, last year this date was extended to October 2024.
In addition to 142 thousand Bitcoins, the company’s bankruptcy administration holds 143 thousand Bitcoin Cash and 70 billion Japanese yen. It was noted that some customers would be paid in cash and some in Bitcoin and BCH.
On the subject, Mt. Gox management has also not made a statement.
Update: Around 09:00 a.m, Mt. There was another 30 thousand BTC outflow from the Gox wallet.