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U.S. Government Bitcoin Holdings
The U.S. Government has seized at least 215k BTC since 2020, making it one of the largest BTC whales.
This dashboard tracks the US gov wallets associated with the three largest BTC seizures since 2020:
Nov 2020 Silk Road Seizure - 69,369 BTC
Jan 2022 Bitfinex Hack Seizure - 94,643 BTC
Mar 2022 James Zhong Seizure - 51,326 BTC
For more information, find the report by a special agent of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI)
In recent developments, the U.S. government has been granted permission to liquidate these holdings. A federal judge authorized the sale of 69,370 Bitcoins, with plans indicating that liquidation could begin before the new presidential administration takes office.