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Nearly half of the Bitcoin owed to Mt. Gox creditors has been distributed, but after a decade of waiting, many creditors are still holding onto their coins.
Over 41.5%, or 59,000 Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) from the total of 141,686 BTC, has been redistributed to creditors of the defunct Mt. Gox exchange.
Despite receiving nearly $4 billion worth of Bitcoin, the Mt. Gox creditors aren’t selling, <a href="https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-31-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">according</a> to a July 29 Glassnode report.
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 “Creditors opted to receive BTC, rather than fiat, which was new in Japanese bankruptcy law… As such, it is relatively likely that only a subset of these distributed coins will be truly sold onto the market.”
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">BTC: Mt. Gox Trustee Outflows. Source: <a href="https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-31-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Glassnode</a>
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Over $9.4 billion worth of Bitcoin was owed to approximately 127,000 <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/learn/the-mt-gox-bitcoin-heist" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mt. Gox</a> creditors who have been waiting for over 10 years to recover their funds — threatening significant sell pressure that could tank Bitcoin’s price.
The report comes a week after <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-completes-mt-gox-bitcoin-distribution-credits" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Kraken finished the Mt. Gox Bitcoin distribution</a> to creditors on July 24
Mt. Gox was a prominent <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/learn/what-is-bitcoin-a-beginners-guide-to-the-worlds-first-cryptocurrency" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin</a> exchange based in Japan that collapsed in 2014 following a <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/crypto-exchange-hacks/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">hack</a>.&nbsp;
The exchange was founded in 2010 and processed more than 70% of all Bitcoin&nbsp;transactions at its peak. Mt. Gox lost 850,000 BTC in its security breach, making it one of the biggest hacks ever.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitstamp-mt-gox-creditor-repayments" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitstamp starts Mt. Gox creditor repayments</a>
<h2 id="mt-gox-creditors-are-not-selling-based-on-exchange-trading-volume">Mt. Gox creditors are not selling based on exchange trading volume</h2>
While Glassnode notes that its theory rests on some “degree of speculation,” underlying data from <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/learn/centralized-vs-decentralized-crypto-exchanges" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">cryptocurrency exchanges</a> also suggests that Mt. Gox creditors are not selling.
Notably, the spot cumulative volume delta (CVD), a metric that measures the net difference between spot buying and selling trade volume on centralized exchanges, has seen no significant uptick on Karken, after the Mt. Gox BTC distribution.
The report notes:
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 “We can see a marginal uptick in sell-side pressure following the distribution. However, this remains well within typical day-to-day ranges.”
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<figure><img src="https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2024-07/cac30d81-f2a4-4afa-9dd4-8e2284a49e27.png" alt="Over 41.5% of Mt. Gox Bitcoin distributed as creditors continue to hodl">
 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Bitcoin CVD, Kraken exchange. Source: <a href="https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-31-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Glassnode</a>
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The lack of selling pressure is surprising, considering that Bitcoin price increased over 8,500% in the 10 years since Mt. Gox’s collapse.<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5aNlhB6O3V8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<figcaption style="text-align: center;">The Mt.Gox scam and Japanese crypto regulation | Cointelegraph Documentary. Source: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aNlhB6O3V8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph</a>
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Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-gold-price-breakout-macroeconomic-improvement" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin, gold on track to break out as ‘macro summer’ begins — Analyst</a>
<h2 id="bitcoin-investors-shift-back-to-hodling">Bitcoin investors shift back to hodling</h2>
The current distribution of Bitcoin suggests that investors are done locking in profit and shifting back to “hodling," which is crypto slang for holding on for dear life.
Notably, the proportion of Bitcoin held by new investors saw a significant decline, akin to behavior around macro market tops.
This highlights an investor behavior shift towards hodling, according to Glassnode:
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 “This describes long-term investors spending and selling coins to satisfy new demand in the run-up to the $73k ATH. The rate of decline across these curves has slowed of late, suggesting a gradual return to HODLing dominant investor behavior.”
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<figure><img src="https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2024-07/a6c9d64e-33ba-446e-bae1-fcb6e2de56c1.png" alt="Over 41.5% of Mt. Gox Bitcoin distributed as creditors continue to hodl">
 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Bitcoin: Supply last active 1 year+. Source: <a href="https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-31-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Glassnode</a>
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Over 65.8% of the Bitcoin supply has been inactive for over one year, while over 54% was inactive for over two years.
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/financial-crisis-end-crypto-bull-run/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Could a financial crisis end crypto’s bull run?</a>

Over 41.5% of Mt. Gox Bitcoin distributed as creditors continue to hodl

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