The US Government auctions off cryptocurrencies it has seized through government agencies.
The U.S. Government has so far 185,000 bitcoins It seized worth of cryptocurrencies and put it up for auction and sold it. At the end of July for the auction of cryptocurrencies, liquidation and storage of seized cryptocurrencies Anchorage Digital It became the task of the US police department, which agreed with
seized by operations carried out in recent years. Cryptocurrency amounts reach record levels. Jarod Koopman, Director of the US Department of Internal Revenue on the subject, told CNBC in August;
In 2019, we seized $700,000 worth of cryptocurrencies. this amount 2020 in the year 137 million dollars rose. 2021 in the year so far 1.2 billion dollars We got cryptocurrencies.
made statements.
The next auction will be held by the BitConnect ponzi scheme, one of the biggest scams in crypto history. 56 million dollar It was said that it would be worth crypto money. According to an article published on CNBC, the revenue from the sale is different from other auctions. to the victims compensation will be reimbursed.
Auctions are a dark web marketplace that trades illegal goods. Silk Road’s With cryptocurrencies seized by the crash in 2013 had begun.
running the operations state institutionswhere they can request money from the proceeds from the auctions to finance the operations if they need it. has been told.