Why can’t the Bitcoin payouts be made directly to Bitcoin wallets? Did no one learn from Mt Gox?

Well, Kraken was the conduit through which payments were going to be made. Japan is … fastidious … to the law. I think they wanted to deal with an actual entity.

Hopefully this legal albatross won’t spook them.

Glad to see someone talk about this.

It's a bit of a pain. They limited your choices and now the limited choices are facing legal scrutiny.

The Japanese lawyer representing Mt. GOX customers is also collecting fees this entire time from the pool of customer funds.

At least you’ll probably get some. I had a fair amount on btc-e which the government happily took.

Sorry for your loss. Truly.

Thank you. Luckily I didn't have it all in one place, but it's beyond frustrating that the government effectively took what would have been hundreds of thousands of dollars from me. I could really use that.

Have you not been on the verge of getting a payout for the best part of a decade now?