According to the news shared on social media, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox creditors began receiving repayments following the bankruptcy 10 years ago. Creditors will be able to receive payments in fiat or Bitcoin.
They started to report that they started to receive refunds in fiat money for the Bitcoin assets that the exchange would receivable. The assets in question have been waiting in the exchange’s wallets since February 2014.
The news emerged from the posts on Reddit’s r/mtgoxinsolvency page, Mt. Gox sends refunds to users in Japanese Yen via PayPal.
Reddit user Free-end254 even added proof by sharing “I received my payment” by providing a screenshot of the email containing the PayPal receipt as evidence. However, some users continue to believe that these posts may be fake and fraudulent. However, receiving another user’s payment via wire transfer continues to strengthen these claims. did.
Mt.Goxから弁済されてました！
最終弁済を選択したので、中間弁済だと思われます。
ちょうど10年かかりましたね。 pic.twitter.com/qDntG5Wssg— びりある#全財産DeFi@𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 (@visvirial) December 21, 2023
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Mt. Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee responsible for the assets of the Gox Bitcoin exchange, sent an e-mail stating that the refunds would start on November 21. Payments were initiated approximately one month after this e-mail.
Mt. Gox has not yet made an official statement on the issue.