US Government Approved to Sell $6.5 Billion in Seized Silk Road Bitcoin
According to @tier10k, the US government has been authorized to liquidate 69,000 bitcoins (worth $6.5 billion) seized from the 'Silk Road,' a government official confirmed to DB News today. Notably, this comes less than two weeks after the new administration took office, and the new government had promised not to sell these bitcoins.