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Mark Karpelès Proposes Bitcoin Hard Fork to Recover $5.2 Billion from 2011 Mt. Gox Theft

Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, has published a formal proposal calling for a Bitcoin hard fork to recover approximately 79,956 BTC—valued at over $5.2 billion—from a long-dormant address linked to the exchange's June 2011 security breach.

Data: In the past 24 hours, the entire network has been liquidated for $292 million, with long positions liquidated for $228 million and short positions liquidated for $64.3351 million.

According to Coinglass data, the total liquidations across the entire network in the past 24 hours reached $292 million, with long positions and short positions liquidated at $228 million and $64.335 million respectively. The liquidations of Bitcoin and Ethereum are particularly notable, affecting 103,284 people, with the largest single liquidation amounting to $4.547 million.

Futures and Options Market Signals Caution as BTC Chases $70K

Bitcoin has inched back toward the $70,000 mark, but traders remain wary as derivatives signals fail to echo the price recovery. On Wednesday, the benchmark cryptocurrency briefly touched the round level after a Tuesday dip to around $62,500, a move that was supported by a fresh wave of inflows