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Finbold turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to project an average Bitcoin (BTC) price target for the end of 2025 following the news that Mt. Gox, a defunct cryptocurrency exchange, would postpone repayments to its creditors by another year.  Entities associated with Mt. Gox still control around 34,689 BTC, valued at around $3.98 billion as of the time of writing, according to Arkham . While the figure is just a quarter of the 142,000 BTC supply the exchange held in mid-2024, analysts are still wondering how the delay could affect Bitcoin’s price in the following months, now that a dump is no longer in consideration. BTC price prediction  According to OpenAI’s leading model, ChatGPT-5, Bitcoin could trade around $150,000 by the end of 2025, assuming the Mt. Gox repayment delay can relieve selling pressure and the market sentiment can remain neutral in the coming months. A more bull case, however, could see the asset trading at $200,000, provided inst...

The wealth distribution in the Mt. Gox bankruptcy estate seemingly mirrors the wealth distribution seen in ‘real life.’ That’s to say, the top 1% own the most Bitcoin . This unremarkable statement, however, is a little less descriptive of the Mt. Gox reality than it initially seems. Before long-awaited payouts commenced this summer, one researcher estimated that the top 1% of Mt. Gox creditors were entitled to the vast majority of its recovery. In the subsequent two years, however, some settlements and negotiations have added some nuance to this sensational claim. Most importantly, there have been years of settlement agreements between victims and institutional buyers. Fortress Investment Group, for example, offered cash payouts for up to 80% of victims’ lost bitcoin. In exchange, those victims signed over their payout rights. As Fortress and other institutional buyers signed settlement agreements, their entitlements skewed Mt. Gox wealth distribution toward the ...