{"id":616695,"date":"2025-01-09T09:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=616695"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:17:11","slug":"us-government-dumps-6-5-billion-silk-road-bitcoin-stash-after-doj-greenlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/us-government-dumps-6-5-billion-silk-road-bitcoin-stash-after-doj-greenlight","title":{"rendered":"US Government Dumps $6.5 Billion Silk Road Bitcoin Stash After DoJ Greenlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US government sold $6.5 billion worth of Bitcoin that was seized from popular dark web marketplace Silk Road after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) approved the sale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;DoJ gave the government the green light to sell the 69,370 seized BTC on Dec. 30, citing price volatility as a reason for the approval.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/107390704-1711024718970-gettyimages-2070072683-economou-notitle240310_npNsE.jpeg?v=1736271202&amp;w=1920&amp;h=1080\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silk Road Bitcoin Sell Off Comes Days Before Donald Trump Takes The White House<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hours after receiving the approval from the DoJ, the balance of the wallet that held the seized assets dropped from $6.5 billion on Jan. 8 to zero, according to data from on-chain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sell off comes just days before incoming US President <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/president-trump-drops-his-5th-nft-collection-on-bitcoin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to enter the White House for a second term. Pro-crypto Trump&rsquo;s inauguration will take place on Jan. 20. Last year, the President-elect said that he would form a strategic Bitcoin reserve with the BTC seized from Silk Road.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe we&rsquo;ll all get the chance to buy Bitcoin at a discount! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d16TnQ9SAl\">https:\/\/t.co\/d16TnQ9SAl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1877188308301763013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-investor-ordered-to-surrender-crypto-keys-in-landmark-tax-case\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bitcoin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bull and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele commented on the government&rsquo;s BTC sale, saying, &ldquo;Maybe we&rsquo;ll all get the chance to buy Bitcoin at a discount!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BTC Showing Weakness In The Derivative Market As Traders Cash Out At A Loss<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BTC was recently rejected by the $100K mark and continued to drop in the last 24 hours. After a more than 1% correction throughout the past day of trading, Bitcoin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">traded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at $94,036.06 as of 1:57 a.m. EST. The crypto also erased its weekly gains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CryptoQuant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoquant.com\/insights\/quicktake\/677e3f5fdf24d5265dd5601f-Bitcoin-Funding-Rates-Highlight-Weak-Derivatives-Demand?utm_source=telegram&amp;utm_medium=sns&amp;utm_campaign=quicktake&amp;utm_content=shayanbtc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">noted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a substantial drop in funding rates as well, which signals weakness in the derivative market. Some traders were also impacted by the recent correction in BTC&rsquo;s price. 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