SHSS on Nostr: The U.S. government recently sold a portion of the Bitcoin seized from the Silk Road ...
The U.S. government recently sold a portion of the Bitcoin seized from the Silk Road case. In December 2024, $2B worth of BTC was sent to Coinbase for liquidation. A federal court has now approved the sale of the remaining 69,370 BTC (~$6.5B), with the process ongoing.
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2025-01-09 13:22:18Event JSON
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"content": "The U.S. government recently sold a portion of the Bitcoin seized from the Silk Road case. In December 2024, $2B worth of BTC was sent to Coinbase for liquidation. A federal court has now approved the sale of the remaining 69,370 BTC (~$6.5B), with the process ongoing.",
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