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MtGox was pretty much stripped bare long before it was finally closed down. In fact it was effectively insolvent before it was even bought out by the last owner and running in pure Ponzi mode while the guy tried to make creative "investments" to get the exchange solvent again. Even with the incredible bull market on Bitcoin he couldn't make it work.

So nobody should expect to get much of anything out of the remains of MtGox.

https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/08/15/mt-gox-how-bitcoin-sto...



Despite these issues, and despite and the hack, creditors are still set to make at least a 4x return (in USD) based on appreciation of the bitcoin that wasn't stolen.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-07/mt-gox-cr...




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