This really puts things in perspective for me. With this amount, the US government could theoretically manipulate and suppress the price of bitcoin through strategic paper trading indefinitely, in almost the same way the price of gold has been manipulated for the past 50 years.
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I thought they sell more just to lower the BTC price?
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And to think they could have had much more...
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I thought they auctioned off a lot of the confiscated coins?
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