- Wallets linked to the U.S. government transferred more than $100 million in cryptocurrency Tuesday, including about $71.6 million in bitcoin and $31.6 million in BNB.
- The Bitcoin, seized in the Potapenko-Turogin and Bitfinex cases, was ultimately sent to Coinbase Prime deposit addresses, while the BNB came from assets seized from Alameda Research.
- The government still holds about $27.5 billion in seized cryptocurrency.
Wallets supposedly linked to the U.S. government moved more than $100 million in crypto on Tuesday, according to data from blockchain intelligence firm Arkham.
The government sent 833.599 BTC, worth about $71.6 million at the time, to two addresses Arkham doesn't label. Within hours, both addresses passed the coins on to addresses Arkham labels as Coinbase Prime deposit addresses.
A separate government-labeled wallet sent about 40,285 BNB, worth $31.63 million, to another unlabeled address, 0x7F68F63fB3A9CCCf352409603421E0A574FbAD90. That address then sent all of it on to a second unlabeled address, 0x6fB3Fe7b7E78AbB84CE007cBC7412C850B15A579.
The BTC came from a wallet Arkham labels as Potapenko/Turogin forfeited funds (568.7 BTC) and from coins seized in the Bitfinex hack case (264.9 BTC). The BNB came from assets seized from Alameda Research.
The government still holds about $27.5 billion in crypto, all of it seized in enforcement actions. To date, it has not used taxpayer money to make new purchases.
Such transfers often spark fears of an impending sale, but that doesn’t appear to be the case here.
"A transfer is not the same as a sale. Under a March 2025 executive order, bitcoin forfeited to the government is meant to be held in a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve," Jose Rosell, market commentator, said on X.
