Mt. Gox, a defunct cryptocurrency exchange, has postponed its repayment deadline to next year.
Mt Gox now plans to repay creditors on October 31, 2025. Previously, the repayment deadline was moved from October 31, 2023 to October 31, 2024.
“Because it is desirable to repay the relevant rehabilitation creditors as much as reasonably possible, the rehabilitation administrator received permission from the court and changed the payment deadline from October 31, 2024 (Japan Standard Time) to October 31.” , 2025 (Japan Standard Time),’ the defunct exchange wrote in Thursday’s announcement.
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Mt. Gox is a Tokyo-based exchange founded in 2010 and has become one of the largest platforms for Bitcoin trading. In 2014, a security breach that resulted in the loss of 850,000 BTC led the company to suspend withdrawals and file for bankruptcy protection. Mt. Gox planned to redistribute 142,000 BTC, 143,000 Bitcoin Cash, and 69 billion Japanese Yen held.
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