650,000 $BTC Forever Lost – Yes, This Is Worth More Than $74 Billion

The collapse of Mt. Gox in 2014 still seems unreal to me. One day, the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world was operating normally, and the next day, 850,000 $BTC had disappeared. Later, about 200,000 BTC was found in an old wallet, but the rest—650,000 BTC—vanished into thin air. At today's price, that is over $74 billion simply gone.

Investigators tracked some of the stolen coins, and a man named Alexander Vinnik was arrested years later for laundering part of the funds. But the real hacker? Has never been caught. Most of the coins remain locked, untouched, like ghosts from Bitcoin's past.

What really strikes me is the human side. Thousands of people entered hoping to see their future—savings, dreams, freedom—and instead, found nothing. That shock, that disbelief, is the part I can never forget. For me, Mt. Gox burned into the lesson that defines how I deal with cryptocurrencies today: if I do not hold my own keys, I do not truly own my coins.

Mt. Gox not only lost 650,000 BTC—it left a scar that still shapes the psychology of cryptocurrency investors, including me.

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