The US government transferred some of the crypto assets it seized as a result of fraud operations to a new wallet. These transfers had been made before, but this time the transaction drew attention due to both the content of the transfer and the timing. 97,33 Bitcoin transactions, block chain tracking platforms were watched seconds by seconds.

Crypto assets obtained after fraud operation were transferred

The transferred crypto currencies consist of funds that were confiscated over Binance in 2022 and associated with the fraud method called “Pig Butchering .. In the wallet found to belong to Thai citizen Wanpadet Sae-Heng; There were 97,33 BTC, 2.56 million Doge, 884,33 ETH and 85 million islands. These funds were confiscated due to fraud activity targeting US victims, and Binance transferred the relevant assets directly to the government wallet.

With this transfer, almost all of the BTCs in the wallet were transferred. On the other hand, it is also discussed that these transactions are not only for security or reconstruction purposes, but also may be part of the strategic crypto reserve plan on which the government is working on. Although the US sometimes returned the funds to its owner in individual fraud, which results in grievances, a significant portion is directed to potential reserves.

The US adopts the role of passive accumulating in the crypto strategy

It is currently known that the US government has about 198,000 Bitcoin. With this figure, it is in front of China, which has a 190,000 BTC asset, and is the world’s largest Bitcoin owner in the state basis. It is estimated that the value of the total crypto assets it possesses exceeds $ 17 billion. According to the recent statements, the government prefers to focus on long -term reserve strategy instead of transforming these assets.

In 2023, a part of the BTCs seized from Silk Road -linked Hacker James Zhong was sold and $ 215 million was incurred. However, according to the over -chain data provided by Arkham Intelligence, BTC sales of approximately $ 2.24 billion from June to 2024 December of the same year may have been made. However, there is no sign of sales in the last transfers. On the contrary, funds are thought to be moved to a safer or organized reserve structure. Crypto Advisor David Sachs, the government is planning an independent audit process for all these assets and the idea of ​​creating long -term reserves was seriously discussed.