Mt.Gox Bitcoin Payout Set to Begin: 27K BTC Moved in Latest Transfers

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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.

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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.