Mt. Gox appears to have transferred out at least 42,830 BTC, worth about $2.9 billion, from its cold wallets, according to data from Arkham Intelligence.

The defunct bitcoin exchange, which collapsed in 2014, transferred the assets in multiple transactions to an unknown address as of 11:00 am Hong Kong time on Tuesday, the data showed. 

The move marked the first time in five years that Mt. Gox transferred assets out of its wallets. Mt. Gox still holds about $9.42 billion worth of bitcoin in its identified wallets tracked by Arkham.

In September 2023, the trustee of Mt. Gox announced that the repayment deadline was pushed back by 12 months to October 31, 2024.

The Mt. Gox trustee did not immediately respond to The Block’s request for comment.

Launched in 2010, the Tokyo-based …