Mt. Gox moves shake crypto market 👀

Meanwhile, U.S. politics keeps prediction markets and meme coins churning.

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Ryan Ozawa
July 06, 2024

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Bitcoin and the crypto market were already down for the week when repayments to Mt. Gox creditors officially began yesterday. More than a decade after the massive Japanese exchange collapsed, the long-anticipated milestone pushed the price of BTC down further, dragging down most other cryptocurrencies.

The top coin has rebounded a bit in the past 24 hours, peeking above $58,000 on Saturday—but it’s still down 5% for the week and more than 18% over the past 30 days.

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“We ask eligible rehabilitation creditors to wait for a while.”

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