U.S. government sold over 9k BTC for $215.7M on March 14

The US authorities mentioned it bought 9,861.17 Bitcoin on March 14 for $215.7 million, based on a March 31 court docket submitting.

In keeping with the court docket document, the bought BTC was a part of the 51,351 seized from James Zhong. Zhong pleaded responsible to wire fraud after the federal government arrested him for unlawfully acquiring digital belongings from the darkish web market Silk Highway by way of hacking.

In 2022, the federal government sought the forfeiture of the seized BTC from Zhong.

The U.S. authorities mentioned it paid $215,738 as transaction charges whereas it has web proceeds of $215.52 million.

In the meantime, the federal government added that it plans to liquidate the over 40,000 Bitcoin stability in 4 batches throughout this calendar 12 months. Nevertheless, it will not make additional gross sales till Zhong’s sentencing date.

On March 8, the U.S. authorities moved 49,000 Bitcoin — sending 9,861 BTC to Coinbase and the remainder to 2 new addresses. On the time, crypto neighborhood members feared that the actions would enhance the promoting strain on BTC.

Nevertheless, BTC’s value has gone from power to power in March, rising to over $29,000 on March 29. Within the final 30 days, BTC has gained greater than 22%.