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Mt. Gox 'Lost' 200,000 BTC Found

180,000 BTC suddenly move on-chain while the exchange is bankrupt.

Block
#289,400
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Importance
85/100

A week after Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy claiming 850,000 BTC were missing, the community spotted ~180,000 BTC moving from wallets dormant since 2011. Mt. Gox later confirmed finding 200,000 BTC in an old-format wallet. Blockchain analysts traced the funds to the same lineage as the 424,242 BTC cold-storage proof from 2011.

Tags

#mt-gox#exchange#bankruptcy

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