Defunct Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt.Gox moved approximately $739 million worth of Bitcoin from its frigid wallets, the first onchain move in over two months, according to data from Arkham Intelligence.
Blockchain data can be seen the exchange transferred 10,306 Bitcoins (BTC) worth approximately $730.8 million from its frigid wallet to an unmarked address at 4:47 UTC. The transferred Bitcoin is currently marked as “unspent” by Arkham. At the same time, the exchange made a separate transfer of 116.3 BTC worth approximately $8.25 million to its heated wallet, which was marked as “spent”.
Marking your sent Bitcoin as “unspent” means that the funds are at a novel address and haven’t been sent anywhere yet. On the other hand, “spent” means that these funds have already been transferred again to another address.
source: Arkham
The massive move has raised questions about the inevitability of creditor payouts, which could impact markets as creditors who have waited more than a decade to get their funds back may decide to sell after receiving their Bitcoins.
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Mt.Gox holds another $2.4 billion in Bitcoin
Mt.Gox still holds 34,504 BTC in its wallets, worth approximately $2.41 billion, According to to Arkham data. The exchange began repaying creditors in July 2024 through partner exchanges Kraken and Bitstamp, but the process has been snail-paced, with the restructuring trustee repeatedly pushing back the deadline.
Mt.Gox was once the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, handling approximately 70% of global BTC transactions. The Tokyo-based platform collapsed in 2014 after approximately 850,000 BTC was reported missing, although approximately 200,000 BTC was later found.
In 2025, a stock exchange curator dealing with rehabilitation set October 31, 2026 as the deadline for completing repayments to creditors, which is the third extension from the original deadline of October 2023.
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Bitcoin falls as corporate sellers emerge
In the broader market, Bitcoin’s price fell below $70,000 after Strategy revealed it sold 32 BTC for $2.5 million, marking the first recorded Bitcoin sale since a 2022 tax-loss trade to fund a preferred stock distribution. The sale reduced Strategy’s holdings from 843,738 BTC to 843,706 BTC.
Nasdaq-listed ProCap Financial also does announced On Monday, he sold about 52 Bitcoins to finance the repurchase of 2 million shares at about a 50% discount to net asset value.
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