Payouts will begin on March 10 and will be made in both BTC and fiat. As of now, the applicants will receive about a fifth of the claim amount. For 2019, the exchange balance was 142 thousand BTC ($3.3 billion), 143 thousand BCH ($19 million) and $510 million in Japanese yen. It must be said that the situation with Mt.Gox was so hopeless that many investors perceived the receipt of their coins as a gift from the gods. In addition, bitcoins were lost at a completely different price. Adam Beck, CEO of lending company Blockstream, says: “I pretty much wrote off the bitcoins I had on Mt.Gox as a loss. So philosophically, whatever I get now is a cold storage bonus.”

The hacker gained access to the email addresses of users in the metaverse. After that, emails containing a dangerous virus were sent from the hacked computer on behalf of The Sandbox administration. If the recipient opened the link in the email, malicious software was automatically installed on their computer. The virus transmitted all personal information stored on the computer to the hackers. The Sandbox advises users not to open any links and to implement two-factor authentication for their accounts.