May 6 (Cointime) - The US Government is currently holding over $6 billion worth of Bitcoin in custody, according to a recent tweet by @ArkhamIntel.
The government's holdings consist of Bitcoin seized from three different events. The first seizure took place in 2020 from the Silk Road, which resulted in the government gaining custody of 69.37K BTC. In 2022, the government seized 94.64K BTC from the Bitfinex Hack and 51.326K BTC from Bitcoin thief James Zhong.
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