TL;DR
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Mt. Gox recovered approximately 138,000 BTC (~$4 billion USD) which it will return to its creditors in October.
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The US government has seized BTC in recent years and now has ~205,000 BTC (worth about $6 billion USD today).
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The big questions on people’s minds are: what happens when those creditors see their money for the first time in, say, ten years? And when will the US government start selling their BTC?
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Everyone knows some of the famous BTC whales – Michael Saylor/MicroStrategy, Cathie Wood/ARK Invest etc.
But there are two whales making “waves” (bad pun, stick with it) in the markets right now…Mt. Gox and the US government.
Mt. Gox was a crypto exchange that closed in 2014 after a enormous hack . When we say huge, we mean ~$25 billion at current valuation was stolen from Mt. Gox customers and the company itself.
Mt. Gox recovered approximately 138,000 BTC (~$4 billion USD) which it will return to its creditors in October.
The US government has seized BTC in recent years and now has ~205,000 BTC (worth about $6 billion USD today).
The big questions on people’s minds are: what happens when those creditors see their money for the first time in, say, ten years? And when will the US government start selling their BTC?
On the one hand, $6 billion+ is a lot for the market to absorb.
On the other hand, the Gt. Bringing Gox and the US Gov back into circulation isn’t necessarily a bad thing – it would bring more liquidity to the markets and could boost trading.
For now, it is unclear when the US government will unload their BTC, if ever.
As for long-term investors, while it’s something to keep an eye on, overall it won’t have a big impact.