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-Wait, you only have 29K Bitcoins? We thought it was 200K, where's the other 85%? -We lost it in a boating accident off the coast of Eipste... Virgin, Virgin Islands.
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The U.S. government holds just 28,988 BTC worth $3.44B, per a FOIA response obtained by @L0laL33tz. That's only 15% of the 200,000 BTC it was once believed to control. image Shared via
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Trivium 7 months ago
This is just the Marshall Service. The DOJ’s Asset Forfeiture Program includes the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) which would lokely hold some. Also the DEA, ATF and FBI could have some too. Also the IRS via tax seizures. View quoted note →
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Trivium 7 months ago
Other DOJ departments like the The DOJ’s Asset Forfeiture Program includes the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS), DEA, FBI and IRS. That's why Trump ordered the report across the entire Executive Branch on Bitcoin holdings. View quoted note → View quoted note →
Better the US government have to buy bitcoin like the rest of us rather than rely on stolen assets ... and what has become of the recovered Bitfinex coins? View quoted note →
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Narbeg 7 months ago
The US government is no better than the German government. What happens next?