U.s. Court Allows Sale Of $6.5b Of Silk Road Seized Bitcoin

Adrian Zmudzinski, ReadWriteWeb
Thu, 01/09/2025 - 10:07am

The United States government was allowed by a court to sell $6.5 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) seized from the world’s first darknet market. A court document reveals that Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg denied a motion that would prevent the forfeiture of 69,370 BTC from the Silk Road deep web black market.  The judge gave a go-ahead to the Department of Justice to sell the $6.5 billion worth of Bitcoin with the ruling. The details The document in question was filed on Dec.

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