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Coinbase Germany boss opens up about the real reason the country dumped $2.3 billion into Bitcoin – DL News

- Coinbase Germany boss comments on Bitcoin sales in the country.
- The German government has sold around $2.3 billion worth of Bitcoin since June 19.
- Germany is not the only country with confiscated Bitcoins.
Fears over the ongoing liquidation of Bitcoin seized by the German government have triggered a 25% drop from highs.
But Jan Sell, managing director of Coinbase Germany, says not to panic.
Selling “is not a particularly anti-crypto move,” he said in an interview with DL News. “It’s not an investment for them. It’s like they seized a car or something from people, so at some point they have to get rid of it.”
In January, Germany’s central criminal investigation agency seized 50,000 Bitcoins from Movie2k.to, a movie piracy website found guilty of money laundering and other illegal activities.
The German government transferred 40,000 Bitcoin, valued at around $2.3 billion, to several cryptocurrency exchanges — including Coinbase.
Sell said the Bitcoin Coinbase sold on behalf of the German government is “not a huge amount,” in terms of the volume the exchange typically sees.
He revealed that Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy — which holds around $13 billion worth of Bitcoin — bought “similar types of volumes” in a single weekend.
Still, the sale certainly rattled investors.
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O Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Indexa measure of market sentiment, fell to 26 out of 100 — its lowest reading since January 2023.
And Germany isn’t the only country with confiscated Bitcoins.
Onchain data compiled by Arkham Intelligence show the US government holds over $13 billion in seized Bitcoins, while UK authorities hold around $3.6 billion.
Governments have already sold confiscated cryptocurrencies directly to buyers at auction. But for larger amounts it is not easy to find bidders, leaving no alternative but to sell the cryptocurrency on the open market.
The concern among investors is that if more governments decide to cash out their confiscated cryptocurrencies, it could further disrupt the market.
‘Other big sales’
Since the German government began selling Bitcoin on June 19, the leading cryptocurrency has struggled to recover.
Bitcoin has been trading below $60,000 since July 4.
Sell said, however, that he does not believe German government sales are entirely responsible for the decline.
“There are some other big sales happening at the moment,” he said without giving further details.
One concern is the distribution of Bitcoin from Mt. Gox, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange that was hacked in 2014.
The now-defunct exchange is expected to return more than 140,000 Bitcoins, worth around $8 billion, to victims this month.
Many recipients are expected to withdraw money.
Since Mt. Gox suspended trading over 10 years ago, Bitcoin has risen over 10,000%.
Tim Craig is a DeFi correspondent at DL News. Got a tip? Email him at tim@dlnews.com.
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Big Tech Outperforms Bitcoin (BTC) as Trump Deal Weakens Token

Bitcoin has lost out on an asset rally fueled by positive comments from the Federal Reserve, while a tight US election race casts doubt on whether Donald Trump will get the chance to implement his pro-crypto agenda.
The digital asset fell 2.4% on Wednesday, following a Fed-fueled surge in an index of megacap tech stocks Magnificent Seven by one of the largest margins in 2024. The token retreated further on Thursday, changing hands at $63,750 as of 6:10 a.m. in London.
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‘This is huge’ — Billionaire Mark Cuban issues ‘incredible’ Bitcoin and crypto prediction amid price slump

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came back with a vengeance this year when former President Donald Trump Cryptocurrency boosts US presidential election in November with ‘revolutionary’ plan.
The price of bitcoin has surged to more than its all-time high in recent months, surpassing $70,000 per bitcoin and triggering a wave of mega-optimistic predictions about the price of bitcointhough it fell again this week, falling below $65,000 after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady.
Now, as Elon Musk suddenly breaks his silence on bitcoin and cryptocurrenciesBillionaire investor Mark Cuban called a California plan to digitize 42 million car titles using blockchain an “incredible step forward” and “huge” for cryptocurrencies.
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Mark Cuban, famous Shark Tank investor and billionaire owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, has… [+] called a cryptocurrency update “amazing” amid bitcoin’s price slump.
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has digitized 42 million car titles using blockchain, it was reported by Reuters, through technology company Oxhead Alpha on the Avalanche blockchain and designed to detect fraud and facilitate the securities transfer process.
“This is an incredible development for crypto,” Cuban, best known as an investor on TV’s Shark Tank and owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, posted on X, joking that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler could sue the state as part of his hostility toward cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
“The reason this is huge for crypto is because people who hold the tokens will have an app with an Avalanche wallet,” Cuban said. “Tens of millions of Californians having and using a crypto wallet in the next five years, or however long it takes, normalizes the use of wallets and crypto.”
John Wu, president of Avalanche developer Ava Labs, told Reuters that California’s DMV is “creating a wallet that you can download on your phone.”
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Bitcoin’s price has rallied this year, triggering a wave of bullish bitcoin price predictions from… [+] people like billionaire Mark Cuban.
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Last month, Cuban predicted that if the US dollar falls as the global reserve currency, bitcoin could become “a global ‘safe haven’” and a “global currency.” potentially sending the price of bitcoin to a much higher level.
According to Cuban, bitcoin could become what its most ardent supporters “envision” — a means “of protecting our economies… This is already happening in countries facing hyperinflation.”
The price of bitcoin has skyrocketed over the past year, largely due to the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, leading a bitcoin attack on Wall Street.
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