Current data has again revealed that the USA is one of the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) whales.
by Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on October 15 The news presented revealed that the USA is a bigger Bitcoin whale than expected. In the news, the US government’s cyber crimes and financial sanctions last three seizures in his safe More than 200,000 Bitcoins He added:
On-chain analysis platform PeckShieldAlert, which published a remarkable report at the end of August, $2.46 billion worth 64,643 BTC with the biggest 5. Bitcoin could be a whale he had suggested. But current data provided by WSJ, USA has 200 thousand BTC worth at least 5.6 billion dollars shed light on the fact that it was a larger whale than expected.
According to Arkham Intelligence data, US cryptocurrency exchange coinbase, 945 thousand BTC continues to sit in the biggest whale seat.
Blockchain research firm 21.co In public filings by the US government, the vast majority of the Bitcoins it obtained in 2013 deep web platform Silk Road It was stated that he achieved this through the operation. The USA, in the Silk Road operation, 119 thousand BTC had taken over. US also linked to Bitfinex hacking case 94 thousand BTC and Silk Road hacker James Zhong connected 51 thousand BTC’He seized it in the past period.
The government obtained information from similar seizure operations in the past period. 20 thousand BTCHe sold . However, cryptocurrency exchange from Bitfinex 2016 The USA, which confiscated thousands of stolen Bitcoins in 2019, put some of these assets on the stock market. return He had.
Although the USA owns a significant amount of Bitcoin, it does not have arbitrary decision-making rights over these assets. Real owners of confiscated Bitcoins not refundedi or selling at market price It takes place at the end of a long and complex legal process.
Making a statement on the subject US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) General Manager of Cyber Crimes Jarod KoopmanHe said the following about the transactions made by the USA regarding Bitcoin:
We are not playing the market. Timing and legality determine our process in Bitcoin transactions.