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Analysts have noticed the movement of 10,000 bitcoins associated with a crypto exchange that went bankrupt in 2013
Cryptocurrency analysts have established a link between 10,000 bitcoins and the bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox — experts drew attention to a cryptocurrency wallet that received 134,000 BTC from Mt. Gox during a cyberattack on the exchange in the summer of 2011.
Information about BTC transactions with the cryptocurrency wallet may affect the further course of the investigation into the collapse of Mt. Gox, which declared its own bankruptcy in 2014. Earlier, the founders of the BTC-e crypto exchange were suspected of the 2011 cyberattack.
However, the hack in 2011 did not become decisive in the fate of Mt. Gox’s fate. In 2014, 850,000 bitcoins were stolen from the exchange (later 200,000 BTC were returned) and the platform went bankrupt. Previously, Mt. Gox used to be the largest cryptocurrency exchange and was responsible for more than half of the total cryptocurrency trading volume.
In early July, the head of the hacked exchange, Nobuaki Kobayashi, published a guide on how to reimburse users affected by the hack. Kobayashi asked users to register on a special page and fill out documents with payment details.