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20 sats \ 16 replies \ @Satosora 6 Oct 2024 \ parent \ on: Coinbase's Talks With TradFi Firms Pick Up as Crypto Becomes More Bipartisan Politics_And_Law

Does the government have any bitcoin?

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30 sats \ 15 replies \ @Cje95 OP 6 Oct 2024

The US government is one of the largest holders lol

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40 sats \ 14 replies \ @Satosora 6 Oct 2024

Are you sure? I think they sold all of their bitcoin.

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20 sats \ 13 replies \ @grayruby 6 Oct 2024

No, the German gov sold. US sold very little of their bitcoin holdings.

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40 sats \ 12 replies \ @Satosora 6 Oct 2024

I thought the government sold their silk road bitcoin? To that John draper guy?

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20 sats \ 10 replies \ @grayruby 6 Oct 2024

Yes but they still have other confiscated Bitcoin.

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50 sats \ 9 replies \ @Satosora 6 Oct 2024

How much are they holding?

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20 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 6 Oct 2024

200k

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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 6 Oct 2024

Making them #8 on the holder list behind Satoshi, Coinbase, Binance, BlackRock, FIdelity, Grayscale, and MicroStrategy. Eeking out over Bitfinex and Kraken who wold 196,504 and 172,106 BTC respectively!

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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Satosora 6 Oct 2024

That much?1?!

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 6 Oct 2024

The US government: 198,955 Bitcoin worth $12.2 billion. The 8th largest holder

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 6 Oct 2024

Nope they have sold some over the years but they never got rid of all the silk road.

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