Remember when Trump promised that the U.S. wouldn’t sell its Bitcoin? It turns out that the feds might have already sold some while no one was looking 🔍
We all thought the government held over 200,000 BTC. But a FOIA request revealed the U.S. Marshals only hold 28,988 BTC — worth around $3.4B. That’s a huge gap.
Where did the rest go? Maybe it was sold quietly under the Biden admin. Maybe it's scattered across other federal agencies. Maybe it's sitting with private custodians like Coinbase or Anchorage, off the books. No one knows.
🇺🇸 Historically, the USMS handled most of the seized crypto, including major auctions like the Silk Road stash. DOJ was cleared to sell nearly 70,000 BTC in January before Trump even took office. But there haven’t been any big liquidation announcements lately.
So right now, we genuinely don’t know how much Bitcoin the US government actually holds. No public ledger, no proof-of-reserves, no accountability 🤷♀️