So with typical assets there is a method to the madness of selling the government follows. BTC though doesn't really follow the same rules as well people will panic if the government does stuff so its a catch-22 for the government. 

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Analyzing the US Government's Bitcoin holdings: What you need to know

For long I thought that there was a procedure to liquidate all seized bitcoin to dollars, but it seems that the US government can just hodl the Silk Road coins indefinitely? 

I wonder who decides or advises on the timing of the sales that happen? They have hired a technical analyst to time the sales? 

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/02/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-2b-moved-by-us-government-on-chain-data/

