Mt. Gox Postpones Repayments Again, $4 Billion in Bitcoin Locked Until 2026

The crypto world just got another plot ￰0￱ exchange ￰1￱ has once again postponed its long-awaited creditor repayments, this time pushing the deadline to October 31, ￰2￱ announcement arrived just days before the previous deadline of October 31, 2025, extending the saga of what’s been one of crypto’s longest-running stories. “Largely Completed,” But Still Delayed In a statement, the ￰3￱ rehabilitation trustee said it had “largely completed” base repayments, early lump-sum repayments, and intermediate repayments for creditors who finished all eligibility procedures ￰4￱ not everyone was ￰5￱ creditors are still waiting, some due to incomplete documentation, others due to procedural complications during verification and payout ￰6￱ latest extension marks the third delay in the timeline.

Originally, repayments were supposed to conclude by October 31, 2023, a full two years ￰7￱ $4 Billion Overhang That Didn’t Happen ￰8￱ still holds 34,689 BTC, roughly $4 billion at current prices, according to CoinMarketCap ￰9￱ Bitcoin was expected to be distributed this month, an event that many analysts feared could flood the ￰10￱ a small portion of that BTC hitting exchanges might have created significant sell pressure, particularly in a market already sensitive to liquidity ￰11￱ now, with the new delay, that potential selling wave has been kicked another 12 months down the ￰12￱ and analysts are calling this one of the most bullish delays of the year.

Here’s why: No new BTC supply will hit exchanges from ￰13￱ creditors anytime ￰14￱ panic selling from decade-old wallets that might have moved coins for the first time since ￰15￱ most importantly, one major bearish overhang just vanished from Bitcoin’s short-term ￰16￱ $4 billion worth of supply staying locked up until late 2026 means the market gets a breather. It’s effectively a year-long pause button on one of the crypto market’s biggest fear ￰17￱ Perfect Timing This delay couldn’t have come at a better macro ￰18￱ ￰19￱ Reserve has started signaling the end of quantitative tightening (QT), the era of liquidity drain might finally be ￰20￱ cuts are back on the horizon, and with trade tensions easing between the ￰21￱ China, global risk sentiment is ￰22￱ is creeping back into both traditional and crypto ￰23￱ short, macro tailwinds are aligning with crypto’s internal relief.

Mt. Gox’s postponement just adds one more bullish card to the ￰24￱ newcomers, Mt. Gox’s story is crypto ￰25￱ in 2010, ￰26￱ was once the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, handling over 70% of all BTC trades at its ￰27￱ came ￰28￱ 2014, ￰29￱ collapsed after 850,000 BTC went missing, either hacked or ￰30￱ platform declared bankruptcy, and users were left waiting for restitution as legal and procedural disputes dragged on for years. Now, more than a decade later, repayments are still being sorted ￰31￱ the Delay Matters Each time ￰32￱ delays, it changes crypto’s short-term supply ￰33￱ of it as a defused bomb, 34,689 BTC that could destabilize markets if released too ￰34￱ have long debated how much impact ￰35￱ repayments might have when they finally ￰36￱ estimate that if even 10% of creditors sold, the market could see hundreds of millions in sell pressure in just ￰37￱ delay means none of that happens this year, or ￰38￱ Fatigue, Market Relief While traders are celebrating the reprieve, creditors are feeling something different: ￰39￱ those who’ve been waiting since 2014, another year means another stretch of ￰40￱ creditors completed verification months ago and expected payouts by year-end.

Still, the trustee insists that most core repayments are “largely completed,” suggesting that at least part of the remaining work lies in administrative cleanup, not systemic ￰41￱ inflation cooling and ETF inflows steady, the absence of a ￰42￱ sell wave adds further price ￰43￱ analysts note that liquidity conditions are improving, particularly across spot BTC markets on Coinbase, Binance, and ￰44￱ traders argue the ￰45￱ delay could quietly extend Bitcoin’s rally window heading into ￰46￱ community on X (formerly Twitter) wasted no time sharing their ￰47￱ researcher @TedPillows ￰48￱ has postponed its $BTC repayments to October ￰49￱ could have brought selling pressure to Bitcoin, and now it's ￰50￱ for ￰51￱ — Ted (@TedPillows) October 27, 2025 Sentiment across the board echoed the same theme, short-term relief, long-term ￰52￱ Road to 2026 With this extension, Mt.

Gox’s next critical milestone is now October 31, 2026. That’s the new target for full completion of creditor ￰53￱ then, the 34,689 BTC remains locked, under the control of the ￰54￱ future delays will happen again remains to be seen, but for now, the market can breathe. Mt. Gox’s latest delay might frustrate creditors, but for the wider market, it’s a quiet ￰55￱ $4B BTC ￰56￱ exchange ￰57￱ panic waves from decade-old wallets.

Instead, the market gets time, and timing is ￰58￱ liquidity returning, rate cuts looming, and a long-feared sell event pushed another year away, Bitcoin’s path into 2026 looks a little clearer, and a lot ￰59￱ Summary: ￰60￱ repayment deadline now October 31, 2026 Trustee says repayments “largely completed,” but not fully distributed 34,689 BTC (~$4B) remains locked One bearish event removed for another year Crypto market reacts with cautious optimism Disclosure: This is not trading or investment ￰61￱ do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any ￰62￱ us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news !