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I’m not convinced the coins were sold on exchange. The Mt Gox transfers are not linked to any known exchange account afaik. I am starting to think the coins were sold OTC and this is all a bullshit FUD campaign.
Summary of Questions & Answers by the Trustee, copied from the mtgox-creditors site:
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Q4. When and how did you sell BTC and BCH? What was the difference between the sales figures for BTC and BCH? Have you obtained any information from the U.S. Department of Justice on the disappearance of BTC[-e]?
A4. We sold them at the market price through the cryptocurrency exchange service provider from December 2017 through February 2018. The difference between the sales figures for BTC and BCH was just the timing of suspending sales; therefore, we did not have any particular intention. We have not obtained any information from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Q9. I have never heard about the sale of BTC and BCH. Why did you sell them when the market price of BTC crashed? Why did you sell them in such a hurry? Is selling BTC and other assets part of the “measures taken to ensure the benefits of the bankruptcy creditors” as pointed out by the examiner?
A9. From the outset of the bankruptcy proceedings, we informed all relevant parties that we were going to sell BTC and BCH at the appropriate time. We discussed this with the Tokyo District Court and decided when we should sell them. Some creditors were of the opinion that we should sell BTC and BCH soon. We believe that obtaining a lot of funds made it possible for us to take the “measures taken to ensure the benefits of the bankruptcy creditors”.
emphasis mine. This phrase muddies the waters in favour of your suggestion. Maybe it was the otc arm of an exchange. Or maybe that's a complicated way of saying 'exchange'. The transfers do
seem to go to exchange-like wallets, and the dumps do
seem to tally. If it was an OTC arm, why not chuck it at them all in one go?
It
seems quite likely that someone out there has better information.
edited to add the relevant original text
A4 2017年12月から2018年2月にかけて、仮想通貨交換業者を通じて、時価で売却した。売却個数の差は、売却をやめたタイミングの問題であり、何らかの意図があるわけではない。米国司法省からの情報は特段得られていない。
https://mtgox-creditors.com/@theymos exchange or otc?