Even if it was not a fake rumour, is the 2 billion worth of Bitcoins (approximately, 93,652 BTC at the moment which is 0.49% of the total circulating supply) going to be sold off at once?
If no, then why should we have to worry?
The market will absorb the shock.

Mt.Gox's release of bitcoins to pay victims during that year will not increase the bitcoin supply, since there are still 21 million bitcoins in the world, so I don't think it's too serious here.

If people get their bitcoins back and they sell all of them on the market, this is seen as the next opportunity for those who don't trust enough to buy bitcoins when bitcoin was at $17k and they regretted it hitting $23k in recent days. It is better to see this as an opportunity rather than another cause for concern, a drop in bitcoin is good for us.

Regardless if it's true or not, it's not that it will just create a sudden dump. If so, then "HUG THE DIP".

Selling those quantities at a one-time big-time might create a possible huge crash but for big investors, who else doesn't want to buy at an unexpected bottom price that we might not see again once the bull trend commences?

Those supposed dump bitcoins will surely be absorbed easily into the market by most traders and that will lead again to fuel the recovery period to where it all started at the price before that supposed speculative crash.

No it's not a rumor, and could have been the news that affected the market recently as bitcoin is going down. However, part of the settlement is that they will be paid in cash, and then some in crypto like BTC and Bitcoin Cash.

Although I think that it will have a huge impact to the market, it might be short term though. Or at least investors are not worried about it because as I have said, part of it is in cash and maybe those who are going to received it will still hold the coins and wait for the next bull run because that is the right time if they ever want to sell it.

I think the efforts made by Mt Gox will have a slight negative impact on market price stability, especially for bitcoin prices but we don't need to worry too much about that because I believe the decline will only be temporary, if we are used to being in the crypto market then we should know what to do in that situation later so as not to miss the momentum to buy at a lower price.

With rumors like this, everyone who holds Bitcoin will certainly feel panicked, but I believe 2 billion BTC will not be possible for them to just sell, because he will think that holding BTC will be better than throwing it away. So for all those who hold BTC, don't worry too much about rumors like this, because from the past until now Bitcoin has always been a lot of FUD from various news circulating everywhere but all FUD is not a problem for Bitcoin to stay alive and develop in the future.

Again Mt.Gox is used to fud and causes panic sell on the market.

It is not real reason of this fall because Bitcoin has rallied from $17k to $25k and it must be pulled back. I believe that Bitcoin after this pull back will climb gradually to $27k or $28k and we will get another fall that can be bigger than this one.

Mt.Gox is a very old story and with high trading volume of Bitcoin market nowadays, it does not cause big effect than in the past. Don't panic but I know people will still be panic.

It would make bitcoin crash.

However, why would anyone worry about it unless he'll need cash soon? If somebody is going to worry about this then it means he invested more than he could afford to lose.

Bitcoin's price has nothing to do with its functioning too. Bitcoin would function just fine even if the price was $1. Fundamentally, nothing would change if the price drops.

It is fine, really.

Even if people were to suddenly start mass selling because of it, it doesn't exactly mean that people wouldn't buy it anymore. Heck if the price drops, you can probably expect that more and more people would try to buy in. It might temporarily set back the price but it isn't exactly something that'd affect Bitcoin as a currency, it'd still remain as a currency and can still be used after all. If it happens and you're holding, then just keep on holding it. A minor setback shouldn't influence your decision and ruin your investment. Dumps like this have and will always be a part of the market anyway (at least until the entire supply hasn't been mined).

If those who received the BTC wanted to cash it in by selling it immediately, it could crash BTC and plummet to the lowest price we could ever imagine. But if they keep their BTC on hold and sell it when the price increases again, it won't crash BTC. But even though the price of BTC crashes, it is an advantage for those of us who have fiat because we can buy BTC at the lowest price, which is the best moment to buy BTC. Now it's your decision if you are one of those who will accept the BTC but if you don't accept it, then just prepare your money to buy BTC.