Bitfinex should receive 95k BTC seized in 2016 hack, says USG
U.S. prosecutors have requested court approval to return nearly $10 billion in Bitcoin recovered from the 2016 Bitfinex hack. According to a court filing, federal prosecutors plan to remit 80% of the 119,754 Bitcoin (BTC) recovered from the Bitfinex crypto exchange hack back to the platform. Government investigators seized 94,643 BTC from Ilya Lichtenstein, the […]
U.S. still holds $6.5b in seized Silk Road Bitcoin
U.S. authorities have not executed any new Bitcoin sales, despite reports suggesting that the Department of Justice had authorized a massive offload. Blockchain intelligence platform Arkham confirmed that billions in seized Silk Road and FBI-confiscated Bitcoin (BTC) remain in U.S. government-controlled addresses as of Jan. 9. The data provider shared on-chain proof confirming a $6.44 […]
U.S. government moved billions of seized FTX cryptos: Shiba-Ethereum
Billions of dollars in crypto from legal battles with several cryptocurrency companies were seized by the U.S. government, including FTX, and now they have moved it into another wallet. According to Arkham Intelligence data on Dec. 03, the U.S. government moved several cryptocurrencies that were seized by the FTX Alameda cases after they collapsed due to the […]
US gov’t transfers $1.9B BTC seized from Silk Road to Coinbase Prime
A wallet that contained Bitcoin associated with the 2021 seizure from an individual who stole crypto from the Silk Road marketplace has moved. Source link
$2B Silk Road Bitcoin seized by DOJ moves to new wallet
More than 30,000 Bitcoin connected to James Zhong, responsible for stealing crypto from the Silk Road marketplace, moved to a new address on April 2. Source link
