Mt. Gox creditors fail to set repayment date, but markets to remain unaffected
While a Bitcoin price dip may not be on the cards anytime soon, intriguing new details regarding the Mt. Gox saga have continued to emerge over the past week. Eight years ago, in 2014, the crypto world was rocked by the crippling hack of Mt. Gox, a popular Bitcoin (BTC) exchange, which was forced to shut down after miscreants were able to make away with approximately 850,000 BTC, worth more than $16 billion at today’s exchange rates. At the time of the incident, the Tokyo-based exchange was the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading ecosystem, processing over 70% of the crypto market’s....
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The Restriction Reference Period is one of the final steps in repaying creditors, according to the document released Wednesday. Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi released updated information on Wednesday regarding the rehabilitation plan for creditors of the long-defunct crypto exchange. According to the file, the restriction reference period starts on September 15. During the phase, "the assignment, transfer or succession, provision as collateral, or disposition by other means of rehabilitation claims are prohibited."Kobayashi confirmed that creditors have until September 15 to submit....
On August 31, 2022, the Mt Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi explained in a recent letter that the rehabilitation custodian is “currently preparing to make repayments” to Mt Gox creditors.
Trustee Updates Mt Gox Creditors — Repayment Date and Exchange Still Unknown
Last week speculation and rumors concerning the release of 140K bitcoin (BTC) from Mt Gox littered social media platforms and headlines. Bitcoin.com News covered the situation six days ago as a number of people and Mt Gox creditors called the rumors “fake news.” During that same period....
The Mt. Gox rehabilitation trustee asked creditors to choose between bitcoin, cash or Bitcoin Cash to receive repayment, risking pressuring the market further.
The Mt. Gox Bitcoin payments have been long anticipated. The process has lasted several years, and finally, in 2021, there is now recourse in sight for all who were affected. Attorney-at-law Nobuaki Kobayashi has been appointed as the Rehabilitation Trustee and will be in charge of the repayment process. This is expected to happen over a number of months, and a concrete date has now been set for when repayments may commence. Save The September Date Since the announcement of the Mt. Gox bitcoin repayment plan back in July 2021, affected users have been waiting for when the repayment would....
Users of the Mt. Gox exchange may be one step closer to getting their funds back after trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi announced the options for repayment. Creditors from the defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox have until January 2023 to register and select a repayment method as part of the plan by which they will be compensated them for their losses.According to an Oct. 6 announcement from Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi, creditors have until Jan. 10 to select a repayment method and to register payee information in an online rehabilitation claim filing system to be paid through bank remittance,....