U.S. Department of Justice's sale of confiscated Bitcoin sparks policy conflict; 57 BTC may violate strategic reserve orders

2026-01-06 01:42:10

【BlockBeats】An interesting story is brewing. According to sources, the U.S. Department of Justice recently instructed marshals to sell a batch of seized assets through a compliance platform — specifically, 57.55 bitcoins from the guilty plea agreement of Samourai Wallet developers, worth approximately $6.367 million.

The question is: Could the sale of these bitcoins have violated Executive Order No. 14233 signed by President Trump? This order explicitly states that bitcoins obtained through criminal forfeiture should be included in the “National Strategic Bitcoin Reserve,” rather than being sold off arbitrarily.

What’s the result? A check of the relevant bitcoin address shows the balance is now zero, indicating these assets have already been liquidated. This raises an interesting legal question: Did the Department of Justice misunderstand the policy directives, or are there other considerations in their execution? In any case, this incident highlights coordination issues within government agencies when handling digital assets.

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MetaverseVagabond

· 01-09 00:17

The Ministry of Justice's move is really outrageous—on one hand, they want strategic reserves, and on the other hand, they directly sell them off?

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ConsensusBot

· 01-08 22:50

The Ministry of Justice's move is really brilliant—confiscating with the left hand and selling with the right, administrative orders are just empty talk, right?

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RetiredMiner

· 01-06 02:12

The Ministry of Justice's move is really incredible—confiscating with the left hand and selling with the right, and even stepping on Trump's command line.

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ApeWithNoChain

· 01-06 02:05

The Ministry of Justice's move is really outrageous, selling it directly? Shouldn't it be held onto?

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ForkMaster

· 01-06 02:04

Haha, the Ministry of Justice didn't do a good job with this operation. They sold 57 BTC like that? Trump's order was written so clearly, and they still managed to make a mistake. What's wrong with their brains... I think either there's a lack of communication between departments or someone is deliberately turning a blind eye. Anyway, I've seen this kind of trick too many times on project teams.

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TokenToaster

· 01-06 01:47

The Ministry of Justice's move is really incredible—confiscating with the left hand and selling with the right?

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