There's a brewing question in crypto circles: when federal prosecutors decided to liquidate the bitcoin they seized from Samourai Wallet, did they actually violate Trump's executive order?

Here's the scenario. The DOJ confiscated bitcoin from Samourai, a privacy-focused wallet platform. Then came the move to sell it off. But Trump's recent executive order on digital assets raised eyebrows among legal experts and community members—some arguing the timing and method of liquidation might conflict with the administration's stated crypto policy direction.

The tension centers on whether federal agencies have proper authority to dump forfeited crypto assets when there's an active executive order potentially restricting or guiding how they should handle such seizures. It's a procedural headache that touches on jurisdiction, asset management authority, and whether DOJ prosecutors should have waited for clearer guidance.

What makes this interesting isn't just the legal technicality. It signals potential friction between different parts of the federal government on how to treat confiscated cryptocurrency—a question that'll only get messier as seizures become more common.