Bitcoin’s Mt. Gox Swings Add to Signs of Rocky Crypto Rebound

July 8, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

Bitcoin skidded anew on concern about possible sales of the token by creditors of the failed Mt. Gox exchange, fueling doubts about the remaining impetus in a crypto bull run that began last year.

The largest digital asset slid as much as 5.2% on Monday to $54,313, some $19,000 below March’s record high. Smaller tokens such as Solana and Cardano traded higher.

Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, which went bankrupt a decade ago after being hacked, is returning about $8 billion of Bitcoin to creditors in stages, spotlighting the potential for a wall of supply to come into the market. Some industry ...

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