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10,000 Bitcoins related to Mt.Gox moved amidst market turmoil

From the collapse of prominent platforms to Bitcoin [BTC] revisiting the $15K zone, the community has been seeing the industry take several turns lately. Along with this, an array of dormant wallets were seen making a comeback. Earlier today, it was brought to light that about 10,000 BTC from a wallet associated with the defunct crypto exchange BTC-e was moved . The main wallet sent a total of 10,000 BTC worth $167 million to two unknown wallets. While one of the wallets amassed 3,500 BTC worth $58,36,8800, it soon sent out 300 BTC to another wallet. This was further carried on and split among several other wallets. Mt.Gox was the first major hack that hit the crypto industry. This attack caused the loss of a whopping 744,408 BTC. BTC-e was hacked and was forced to shut down permanently hack in 2014. It should be noted that this was one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in the world. It entailed more than 70 percent of Bitcoin trading volume across the world prior to the hack. ...