According to CryptoSlate, German MP Joana Cotar strongly criticized the government's decision to sell $195 million worth of Bitcoin, believing that the move exacerbated market volatility and could have a long-term negative impact on the stability of the cryptocurrency market. These bitcoins originated from an investigation into the illegal website Movie2kto, which confiscated approximately 50,000 bitcoins. Cotar said on Twitter that the German government should reconsider this strategy and discuss with the United States the use of Bitcoin as a strategic reserve currency.