{"id":558443,"date":"2024-07-30T09:31:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=558443"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:31:26","slug":"bitcoin-tumbles-below-67k-as-us-government-moves-2b-silk-road-tokens-despite-never-sell-donald-trump-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-tumbles-below-67k-as-us-government-moves-2b-silk-road-tokens-despite-never-sell-donald-trump-pledge","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Tumbles Below $67K As US Government Moves $2B Silk Road Tokens Despite &#8221;Never Sell&#8221; Donald Trump Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bitcoin price plunged after a US Government transfer of $2 billion in seized Silk Road BTC in a move that followed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-heads-for-70k-after-donald-trumps-landmark-pro-crypto-speech-at-bitcoin-2024-as-pivotal-fomc-meeting-looms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/a>&lsquo;s<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vow to &ldquo;never sell&rdquo; US government holdings of BTC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A wallet tagged as &ldquo;U.S. Government: Silk Road DOJ&rdquo; moved 29,800 BTC on July 29 to an unlabeled address that has no transaction history, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.arkhamintelligence.com\/explorer\/tx\/2e0b8f39af7d57989a9f911f211d88541473536b42ee4ebd4503cff525155bb0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arkham Intelligence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Thereafter, the address performed transactions of 19,800 BTC and 10,000 BTC to two different addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The transfers spooked crypto investors, who quickly dumped their holdings in the leading crypto due to fears of an impending selloff. Bitcoin slumped <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4% to trade at $66,639.72 as of 2:45 a.m. EST.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/D4D12AQHtCJVpFFca2g\/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280\/0\/1698158836296?e=2147483647&amp;v=beta&amp;t=9rKjbCafAil43rXOtNAuqtK-Fa9Mwzx2stx1eOL1uO4\" alt=\"5 Implications of the US Government Owning $5.5B of Bitcoin\"><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US Government&rsquo;s BTC Might Have Been Sent To Coinbase&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysts at Arkham suspect that the transfer of 10,000 BTC, worth $670 million, was a deposit to an institutional custody or service. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the recent transfers by the US Government wallet, Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart speculated that the transactions might be the result of US Marshals choosing Coinbase to manage its digital assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has to be this, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NZqQPE6GoL\">https:\/\/t.co\/NZqQPE6GoL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Ek6bLwpeq\">pic.twitter.com\/7Ek6bLwpeq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Seyffart (@JSeyff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSeyff\/status\/1817976693249986577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a July 1 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/blog\/u-s-marshals-service-chooses-coinbase-to-safeguard-trade-its-large-cap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Coinbase revealed that the US Marshals Service selected Coinbase Prime &ldquo;to provide custody and advanced trading services for the agency&rsquo;s Class 1 (large cap) digital assets.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You guys freak out any time large coins move.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that US Marshall&rsquo;s *just* signed with Coinbase Prime to start custody of government held digital assets? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wwxoFepggH\">https:\/\/t.co\/wwxoFepggH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WlroZvrblm\">pic.twitter.com\/WlroZvrblm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamscochran\/status\/1817965844829454664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitcoin 2024 Excitement Comes To An Abrupt End<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the $2 billion worth of BTC was shifted, the crypto community was riding a wave of euphoria after a series of bullish <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-donald-trumps-momentous-bitcoin-2024-speech-in-nashville\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Republican presidential nominee Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville at the weekend, Trump said the US government will launch a strategic Bitcoin reserve if he wins the November elections. He also promised his administration would never sell any of its seized BTC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump supporters slammed the development, with Gemini&rsquo;s Tyler Winklevoss sarcastically calling it a &rdquo;great look and great way to reset with our industry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> pledged to never sell any of the US government's bitcoin. Two days later, the Biden-Harris Administration moves $2 billion of Silk Road bitcoin. Great look and great way to reset with our industry. &#129313;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tyler\/status\/1817992096541823037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite some investors panic selling over the past 24 hours, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index still stands at 67 to signal greed in the market. 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