150000 Mt. Gox Bitcoin won’t trigger a correction anytime soon
There is growing speculation that 150,000 Bitcoin (BTC) from the Mt. Gox trustee could move on Oct. 15. But many factors suggest that is highly unlikely given past records. Between 2011 and 2013, Mt. Gox lost 850,000 BTC in the biggest hacking attack in Bitcoin history. The trustee reportedly has 150,000 BTC to repay users who lost their funds from the breach.
Yet, there are many hurdles to undergo before the refunds can be issued. The refund process has been continuously delayed since 2019, and the refunds won’t likely happen anytime soon. On Jun. 30, the Mt. Gox trustee released a statement on the official Mtgox.com website. The trustee, in charge of redistributing the funds to former users, said the Tokyo District Court granted a deadline extension to Oct. 15. The document read:
“In light of the foregoing, the Rehabilitation Trustee filed a motion to seek an extension of the submission deadline of the rehabilitation plan at the Tokyo District Court, and, on June 30, 2020, the Tokyo District Court issued an order to extend the submission deadline for the rehabilitation plan to October 15, 2020.”
Based on this document, some investors have suggested it could cause 150,000 BTC to move, potentially rattling the market. But there are two key reasons the trustee would not move the Bitcoin in the near term.
- First, the extension pertains to submitting the rehabilitation plan, not refunding the BTC. Simply put, the Oct. 15 deadline is for the trustee to put forward a plan, not to refund investors.
- Second, the trustee has continuously requested extensions throughout the past year. An identical statement was put out in March 2020 and in April 2019, and deadline extensions were granted.
Oct. 15 is not the actual deadline for user refunds and the trustee has delayed the process several times in the past. Based on these two factors, it is safe to presume that the 150,000 BTC from the Mt. Gox trustee won’t hit markets in the short term.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 82% | 27 | $64 105.82 | -0.74% | -4.95% | $1 262 088 235 068 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 78.4% | 45 | $3 066.41 | -1.03% | -5.99% | $368 190 765 558 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 92.4% | 1 | $1.000449 | 0.01% | 0.03% | $109 518 683 790 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 86.8% | 18 | $561.08 | 0.63% | -4.76% | $83 899 608 670 |  |
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| 5 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 74.8% | 51 | $144.21 | -0.80% | -5.71% | $64 434 120 045 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 92.8% | 2 | $1.000006 | -0.01% | 0.01% | $33 903 159 936 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 72% | 58 | $0.514429 | 2.89% | -5.92% | $28 360 039 584 |  |
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| 8 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 68% | 59 | $0.155847 | 1.37% | -9.69% | $22 435 444 432 |  |
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| 9 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 67.6% | 64 | $6.17 | -11.51% | -9.66% | $21 430 582 208 |  |
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| 10 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 72.8% | 60 | $0.497244 | 8.32% | -2.24% | $17 714 149 121 |  |
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| 11 |  SHIB |
SHIBA INU predictions | 58.4% | 85 | $0.000023 | 2.02% | -5.09% | $13 670 917 152 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 72.8% | 60 | $35.73 | 0.46% | -7.43% | $13 505 983 784 |  |
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| 13 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 90.8% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 14 |  WBTC |
Wrapped Bitcoin predictions | 83.2% | 31 | $64 125.18 | -0.41% | -4.86% | $9 964 009 782 |  |
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| 15 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 72.4% | 57 | $6.80 | 0.20% | -6.83% | $9 767 921 332 |  |
