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Amid the heightened Bitcoin (BTC) volatility in the past 24 hours, defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt.Gox made major transfers to different wallets. According to on-chain data analytics platform Arkham Intelligence, Mt.Gox transferred more than 27,871 Bitcoins, worth more than $2.8 billion, on Thursday, December 6, potentially an internal shuffle.
Earlier today, the defunct cryptocurrency exchange made another Bitcoin transfer of over 3,619 BTCs to different wallets, also potentially an internal shuffling. As a result, the cryptocurrency exchange has a balance of 39.7k Bitcoins, worth about $3.8 billion.
Mt.Gox Payouts on the Horizon
Since the defunct cryptocurrency exchange extended its deadline for paying creditors from October 31, 2024, to October 31, 2025, several internal Bitcoin transfers have been observed. In July this year, Mt.Gox made the first fund distribution of about $7 billion through different cryptocurrency exchanges including Kraken.
With the heightened Bitcoin transfers in the past two months, Mt.Gox liquidators are possibly preparing to distribute the remaining funds to distressed creditors. Furthermore, Mt.Gox creditors have had to wait from 2014 until recently for their refund to be processed.
Little Impact on BTC Price
The mainstream adoption of Bitcoin by institutional investors and nation-states has significantly improved the overall liquidity. As a result, the underlying price action is less likely to be impacted by the Mt.Gox repayments.
Nonetheless, the finalization of Mt.Gox repayments will be a major closure of the largest and oldest crypto heist in history. Consequently, the development of new crypto projects will heavily borrow from the mistakes of Mt.Gox to improve their respective security to ensure a seamless mainstream adoption.
