The German Government recently transferred 2,000 BTC, with 1,100 BTC (~$72.3M) deposited to various CEXs over the past 17 hours. The deposits include:
500 BTC ($32.6M) to Kraken
500 BTC ($32.6M) to Bitstamp
40 BTC ($2.61M) to Gemini
40 BTC ($2.61M) to BitFlyer
30 BTC ($1.96M) to Coinbase
Notably, the German Government had seized 49,857 BTC (worth $2.14B at the time) from the operator of the pirated movie website Movie2k on January 16, 2024, five months ago.
Here are the six addresses involved:
bc1qq0l4jgg9rcm3puhhfwaz4c9t8hdee8hfz6738z
bc1q0unygz3ddt8x0v33s6ztxkrnw0s0tl7zk4yxwd
bc1qgrvchamnmmaancn3vwea6elnvexpylzh30rhjz
bc1q9agtd4sk5r06vqcsy3ewdr0dslf03dlj3agtva
bc1qnwft8re0tkkyekd4nl34dqvgmwx3zsfyxfadfg
bc1q93njc4we4s088a2nz6c9e6vthc5h4ake53rxmd
Currently, the entity still holds 47,859 BTC, valued at approximately $3.12B.
