According to on-chain data, the US law enforcement agency moved 49,000 Bitcoin (BTC) — over $1 billion — during the early hours of March 8.
អ្នកផ្តល់ទិន្នន័យតាមខ្សែសង្វាក់ Glassnode រាយការណ៍ that the US agency was moving around 40,000 BTC, adding that the transactions appear to be internal transfers. However, it noted that the government agency មានអារម្មណ៍ 9,861 BTC (worth $219 million) seized from the Silk Road hacker to Coinbase.
នៅឆ្នាំ 2022 រដ្ឋាភិបាលសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ស្វែងរក the forfeiture of 51,351 Bitcoin seized from James Zhong. At the time, the assets were valued at over $3 billion.
លោក Lookonchain អ្នកវិភាគលើខ្សែសង្វាក់ បញ្ជាក់ Glassnode’s report, adding that the agency transferred 39,175 BTC អ ($867M) to 2 new addresses.
US govt BTC holding
Before today’s transactions, Glassnode said the US government’s estimated Bitcoin holding was 144,500 BTC, making the country a crypto whale.
Meanwhile, the majority of the US acquisitions were done through seizures. In 2022, the US Department of Justice រឹបអូសបាន។ Bitcoin មានតម្លៃ 3.6 ពាន់លានដុល្លារបានភ្ជាប់ទៅការ hack Bitfinex ឆ្នាំ 2016 ។ មុននោះ រដ្ឋាភិបាល បានយក 70,000 BTC ពី Ross Ulbricht នៅពេលដែលវាបាននាំយកមកនូវផ្លូវសូត្រ។
However, the country tends to auction off its seized crypto assets. As of Feb. 2022, the US government បានប្រារព្ធ $4.08 billion of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin sheds 2% in 24 hours
Bitcoin dumped 1.67% over the last 24 hours to trade at $22,048 as of press time, according to របស់ CryptoSlate ទិន្នន័យ.
The US agency transfers កើត speculations within the community, with many fearing a sell-off. Usually, BTC inflows into exchanges increase the selling pressure on the asset.
With BTC giving up much of its January and February gains, Glassnode’s ទិន្នន័យ showed that the number of addresses holding BTC at a Loss on the seven days moving average metrics reached a 1-month high of 15,270,797.429.
CryptoSlate ការយល់ដឹង រាយការណ៍ that roughly $200 million Bitcoin was withdrawn from exchanges on March 7 — the third highest withdrawal on the year-to-date metric.
Meanwhile, Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s recent statement about increasing interest rates further exacerbated its price performance.
Source: https://cryptoslate.com/u-s-agency-moves-over-9k-btc-to-coinbase-glassnode/