Origin of confiscated Bitcoin:

1. The Silk Road case: One of the largest cases, the US government seized 69,370 BTC on November 3, 2020, from a hacker known as "Person X," who stole this amount from the Silk Road black market. The value at the time of confiscation was approximately 960 million USD, but it has now increased to around 6.5 billion USD (according to early 2025 data).

2. The Bitfinex hack (2016): In 2022, the government recovered 94,636 BTC from hacker Ilya Lichtenstein, accounting for about 80% of the total 119,754 BTC stolen from the Bitfinex exchange.

3. The James "Jimmy" Zhong case: In March 2022, 51,351 BTC were seized from this hacker, valued at approximately 3.38 billion USD at that time. This is one of the largest financial asset seizures in US history.