💥 U.S. confiscates 127,271 BTC: the myth of decentralization collapses 🇺🇸💣
Bitcoin was born with the promise of being free, anonymous, and outside of state control. But a single action by the U.S. government was enough to demonstrate the opposite: $15 billion in BTC were seized in a matter of minutes.
🔹 The Chen Ji case: the “king of the casino” who challenged Washington 🏦♠️
Chen Ji, Cambodian tycoon of the Prince Group, accumulated more than 127,000 BTC through his real estate and financial businesses.
According to the Department of the Treasury, you are accused of international money laundering, moving tens of billions through cryptocurrencies.
In a joint operation between the FBI, the IRS, the Department of Justice, and blockchain analysis companies like Kinalysis, the following were tracked:
📊 Millions of transactions.
📍 Tens of thousands of wallet addresses.
🧩 All of its global financial network.
The outcome: all their BTC was frozen and transferred directly to a wallet of the U.S. Department of Justice.
⚡ Fast as a bank robbery… but perfectly legal.
🔹 Blockchain: from anonymity to surveillance tool 👁️🗨️
The old phrase "Bitcoin is anonymous" is dead.
Today, the reality is: "Blockchain is the most transparent surveillance system in the world."
Every time you use an exchange with KYC, a bank account, or a device with a registered IP, you leave a trace.
Your identity can be reconstructed with surgical precision.
The U.S. has done it before:
• 💣 2019 – Silk Road case: 70,000 BTC seized.
• 💣 2022 – Bitfinex hack: $3.6 billion recovered.
If they could access hackers' wallets, do you really think you can escape?
🔹 Cold wallets? Safe only until you're arrested 🔐
In theory, cold wallets are safe.
But in practice, if you are arrested, the private keys are seized along with your devices.
That was exactly what happened with Chen Ji.
Bitcoin, far from being immune to power, ended up being absorbed by it.
🔹 Real power remains in the hands of the State 🏛️
Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken succumbed to court orders.
The message is clear: they do not control the miners or the traders, but those who have the power to sanction.
The supposed freedom of cryptocurrencies has shown its fragility.
Bitcoin, designed to evade the system, is now one of its most effective tools.
💭 "The technology was correct, but the assumption that it could challenge power... was an illusion."
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