Mt. Gox-linked cold wallet moves over $2 billion worth of bitcoin to new address: Arkham

Defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox has sent over $2 billion worth of bitcoin to two addresses on Sunday, possibly signaling the next round of creditor repayments.

At 11:39 p.m. on Sunday, UTC, a wallet marked “1FG2C…Rveoy” sent around 27,871 BTC ($2.24 billion) to a new wallet named “1Fhod…QLFRT,” and 2,500 BTC ($200 million) to Mt. Gox’s cold wallet, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. The sender wallet had received the combined 30,371 BTC from Mt. Gox six days ago.  

The recent string of movements in Mt. Gox’s remaining bitcoin started at the end of October, after a hiatus of over a month. 

While it is unclear whether Monday’s transfer is part of Mt. Gox’s future distributions to creditors, such movements in the past have preceded repayments via centralized exchanges including Bitstamp and Kraken. Mt. Gox currently holds 44,378 bitcoin, Arkham data shows.

Mt. Gox, founded in 2010, operated the largest bitcoin exchange in the world until the platform suffered a major security breach in 2014, causing the loss of at least 850,000 BTC. Thousands of creditors have been waiting to have their bitcoin returned, a process that has been unfolding over the past few months.

Last month, the defunct exchange pushed back its repayment deadline from Oct. 31, 2024, to Oct. 31, 2025.