Long Crypto Traders See $190M in Losses as Bitcoin Retreats After Apparent Mt.Gox Repayments

The drop came as the Mt. Gox crypto exchange appeared to be starting to repay customers who lost 850,000 bitcoin (BTC), now valued at around $36 billion, on Tuesday. Some participants in the mtgoxinsolvency subreddit group said they had received payouts in yen over Paypal. Others, who’d chosen to receive cash into bank accounts, said they had not seen any inflows.