This is not the first time they have postponed the repayment date. I guess many of these victims will immediately sell off their coins when they receive the repayment. And this would have flooded the market which might lead to a drop in price.
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One of the payment options is directly to a bank account, so I wonder why someone who just wants to get cash as soon as possible would choose a payment in Bitcoin at all? All these stories and speculations about how the price will fall because people will start selling en masse when they get all the coins is one of the biggest FUD that has been going around for years.
If we were somewhat realistic and divided those 140 000 BTC in the following way, then we could end this story once and for all.
- 40 000 BTC will be paid directly to clients in their wallets and they will mostly keep it.
- 40 000 BTC will be sold by the bankruptcy trustee via OTC (over a period of time) and the money will be paid into the clients' bank accounts.
- 60 000 BTC will be paid out in BTC and (there is also a BCH option), and the majority will be sold through various CEXs over a period of several months to perhaps a year.
If you take this scenario into account, then it is completely stupid to think that a few tens of thousands of BTC that will be sold gradually could have any impact on the price. Of course, all this would make sense in a world where people behave rationally, but given the obsession with this topic, I have no doubt that it will be very easy to sow panic when the time comes.