Bankrupt Bitcoin Exchange, Mt. Gox, extends date for creditors to file
The Japanese bankruptcy trustee, Nobuaki Kobayashi, handling the Mt. Gox bankruptcy case, has recently announced a six-month extension for creditors to file claims, in an attempt to recover lost moneys during the Mt. Gox bitcoin disappearance scandal.
What else does this extension mean?
While creditors have an extra six months to file claims, there will now also be an additional six months before any formal investigation into the bankrupt exchange is completed. Nobuaki Kobayashi had set the previous filing deadline for proofs of claim on the 28th of November, 2014. Essentially, the Mt. Gox trial has now been delayed until next year, with the investigation findings to be revealed on the 9th of September, 2015.
OKPay, a payment processing firm, has paid back some of the money lost during Mt. Gox’s collapse, to Mt. Gox. The $6,014,910 total consisted of withheld deposits from its customers, that OKPay held onto in the period immediately preceding Mt. Gox’s collapse. An OKPay representative told the public that it was instructed to pay Mt. Gox the $6,014,910 it was holding, through a court order.
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