Mt. Gox moves $2.2B of Bitcoin, adding to BTC selling pressure
2024-11-05

Mt. Gox has transferred billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin, partly to centralized exchanges, suggesting that more creditors could finally be repaid as the 10-year saga comes to a conclusion.
The wallet associated with the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange transferred over $2.19 billion worth of Bitcoin BTCUSD to three new wallets on Nov. 4.
Part of these funds were moved to centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) OKX and B2C2, according to onchain data by Spot on Chainn shared in a Nov. 5 X post:

Over $9.4 billion worth of Bitcoin was owed to approximately 127,000 Mt. Gox creditors who have been waiting for over 10 years to recover their funds threatening significant sell pressure that could tank Bitcoin’s price.
Will Mt. Gox add to Bitcoin selling pressure?
The wallets associated with Mt. Gox hold another $825 million worth of Bitcoin at the time of publication, according to Spot on Chain data.
In the 10 years since Mt. Gox’s collapse, the Bitcoin price appreciated over 8,500% in value — bolstering investor concerns that Mt. Gox’s defunct creditors will be market selling their BTC.
However, Mt. Gox creditors have mostly held onto their BTC instead of selling it.
On July 30, Mt. Gox completed 41.5% of its Bitcoin distribution to creditors, who received a total of 59,000 Bitcoin.
Despite receiving nearly $4 billion worth of Bitcoin, the Mt. Gox creditors weren’t selling, according to a July 29 Glassnode report, which stated:

Mt. Gox was a prominent Bitcoin exchange based in Japan that collapsed in 2014 following a hack. 
The exchange was founded in 2010 and processed more than 70% of all Bitcoin transactions at its peak. Mt. Gox lost 850,000 BTC in its security breach, making it one of the biggest hacks ever.