**Cryptocurrency news: Germany sells confiscated bitcoins**

- Germany sold almost 50,000 bitcoins confiscated from the operator Movie2k.to, earning 2.6 billion euros.

- Experts believe that this caused a fall in Bitcoin prices.

- Authorities said the sale was “market friendly” and “had no impact on the price.”

- Some experts disagree, pointing to legal gray areas and poor timing of the sale.