Mt. Gox moves $2.7B in Bitcoin to new wallet address
One of Mt. Gox’s cold wallets just transferred more than 47,000 BTC to an unknown wallet address amid a plan to begin repaying its creditors.
The collapsed Japanese crypto exchange Mt. Gox has transferred 47,229 Bitcoin (BTC) — worth $2.71 billion at current prices — to a new wallet address in its first major transaction since May.
According to blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence, the exchange transferred the Bitcoin at 12:30 am UTC on July 5 out from “cold storage.”
The movement comes amid the exchange’s scheduled plan to begin repaying creditors this month. A total of $8.5 billion worth of Bitcoin is slated to be paid back to creditors.
One of Mt. Gox’s cold wallets just transferred more than 47,000 BTC to an unknown wallet address amid a plan to begin repaying its creditors.
The collapsed Japanese crypto exchange Mt. Gox has transferred 47,229 Bitcoin (BTC) — worth $2.71 billion at current prices — to a new wallet address in its first major transaction since May.According to blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence, the exchange transferred the Bitcoin at 12:30 am UTC on July 5 out from “cold storage.”The movement comes amid the exchange’s scheduled plan to begin repaying creditors this month. A total of $8.5 billion worth of Bitcoin is slated to be paid back to creditors.Read more