Cryptocurrency

2024

Bitcoin

Arkham

Billion

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The crypto market once again turns heads with extraordinary activity, as&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/whale_alert/status/1815614924837589064">Whale Alert</a> reports that 37,477 BTC, worth over $2.5 billion USD, have been transferred between unknown wallets. This development raises the question: who is behind these anonymous wallets?
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 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 37,477 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BTC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BTC</a> (2,504,968,922 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet<a href="https://t.co/Mz00aK2B5r">https://t.co/Mz00aK2B5r</a>— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href="https://twitter.com/whale_alert/status/1815614924837589064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2024</a>
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However, data from Arkham Intelligence provides a potential answer, identifying both the sender's and recipient's addresses as belonging to Mt. Gox.
Originally a platform for trading cards in the game "Magic: The Gathering," Mt. Gox transformed into the world's leading&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/blackrocks-bitcoin-etf-just-had-one-of-its-best-days-to-date">Bitcoin</a> exchange in 2010, capitalizing on the burgeoning cryptocurrency market.&nbsp;
<img alt="&quot;&quot;" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7aa5528c-4a67-4bb5-9755-50153e0e1bc7" src="https://u.today/sites/default/files/inline-images/arkham_3.png">Source: <a href="https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/tx/783903b91819cdba752b1bf7d78f28fd3b3250dac74ba19c7bfca86308eb7f3b">Arkham Intelligence</a>
By 2014, it dominated the space, handling over 70% of all Bitcoin transactions. However, Mt. Gox's success story took a dark turn due to hacking incidents that resulted in substantial BTC losses, ultimately leading to its bankruptcy in 2014 and the shuttering of its operations.
<h2 dir="ltr" id="what-s-going-on">What's going on?</h2>
Mt. Gox has been in the spotlight this year as it works to repay creditors following its bankruptcy. The repayment process began this month, July 2024, with the exchange transferring&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/michael-saylor-issues-epic-bitcoin-statement-as-price-rebound-underway">BTC</a> from its wallets, likely to prepare for creditor payouts. Today's transfers appear to be part of this repayment process.
<img alt="&quot;&quot;" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9782b7ce-39ba-4cdd-99cb-e91bc8727d8f" src="https://u.today/sites/default/files/inline-images/bitcoin_14.png">BTC to USD by <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/">CoinMarketCap</a>
Further supporting this theory, Spot On Chain reports that Mt. Gox moved 2,239 BTC, equivalent to $149 million, to Bitstamp just four hours ago. To fulfill the July repayment plan, Mt. Gox deposited 1,545 BTC, worth $83.5 million, to Bitbank, on July 5. It moved 48,641 BTC, equivalent to $3.06 billion, to the wallet "3JQie," likely a Kraken deposit, on July 16. Today, July 23, it transferred 2,239 BTC, worth nearly $149 million, to Bitstamp.
In response to these developments, the&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/bitcoin-btc-investors-might-benefit-from-this-style-of-dca-analyst-says">price of Bitcoin</a> has fallen by nearly 1.3%, with the leading cryptocurrency currently trading at $66,666.

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