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The US government just sent $240 million worth of Bitcoin to Coinbase – another sell-off?
The US government appears to be selling more Bitcoin, with a known federal wallet address sending another 3,940 BTC ($240 million) to Coinbase on Wednesday.
O to move to Coinbase Prime – the exchange’s institutional platform – was immediately picked up by blockchain sleuths, highlighting a 1pm ET blockchain transfer for just $18 in fees.
Expert opinions were divided on where the government obtained the transferred Bitcoin.
According to on-chain detective ZachXBT’s Telegram channel, the funds were part of the Bitcoin recovered from the “Silk Road hack.” After the infamous darknet market shutdown in 2013, the Department of Justice tracked down the hacker and seized 50,676 BTC, which the government has been selling in batches ever since.
In addition to Silk Road, many of the government’s coins were recovered by the 2016 Bitfinex hacker Razzlekhan in 2022. But Blockchain data platform Arkham Intelligence says the coins stolen today did not come from any of those sources.
“This BTC was originally seized from drug trafficker Banmeet Singh and lost at trial in January 2024,” the company said tweeted On thursday.
Banmeet Singh was a drug kingpin who pleaded guilty earlier this year, operating an international narcotics ring from his home for several years. As part of the plea deal, Singh agreed to hand over more than $150 million worth of his cryptocurrency – now worth more thanks to Bitcoin’s price appreciation since then.
According to Arkham, the government still has a huge $13 billion in BTCbecoming one of the largest Bitcoin owners on Earth after Microstrategy.
Like the US government, Germany sold US$ 170 million from its hefty $2.8 billion Bitcoin stash last week. Arkham’s data shows he has moved tens of millions more to exchanges Kraken and Coinbase on Tuesday.
The government sales added to a wave of selling pressure hitting Bitcoin this month from Bitcoin miners and whales, while on-chain analysis suggests new demand for Bitcoin has been drying. Bitcoin is trading for $60,775 at the time of writing, down 13% for the month.
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
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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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