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  • The US Marshals Service denied selling the 57.55 BTC forfeited in the Samourai Wallet case.
  • Reports said the bitcoin was transferred on Nov. 3, 2025 to a wallet linked to Coinbase Prime that later showed a zero balance.
  • Trump’s Executive Order 14233 says forfeited bitcoin 'shall not be sold' and must go into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.


US prosecutors’ handling of bitcoin forfeited by Samourai Wallet developers is drawing scrutiny after conflicting reports over whether the assets were sold.

The United States Marshals Service (USMS) told DL News it “has not sold the Bitcoin mentioned,” disputing earlier reporting that suggested the forfeited coins may have been liquidated.

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104 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 8h

This was my fav method to obscure sats received before I had a good wasabi+LN setup: just convert it to conbase IOUs, wait a bit, withdraw IOUs in different sized outputs over a few days.

Basically, the USG is doing exactly that what they targeted Samurai for. lol.

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121 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 6h

So they haven't figured out how to coin join yet?

I guess there's so much happening in the world that they think they can do whatever they like.

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