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U.S. Department of Justice Bitcoin Sale Controversy: Violating National Strategic Reserve Policy?
【Chain News】A recent development has attracted market attention. The U.S. Department of Justice liquidated confiscated bitcoins in the Samourai Wallet case through a compliant custody platform, totaling 57.55 BTC, worth approximately $6,367,000. The issue is that this sale may contradict Executive Order No. 14233 signed by President Trump.
The executive order explicitly states that: the government should include bitcoins obtained through criminal forfeiture into the “National Strategic Bitcoin Reserve,” in other words, to hold them long-term and not sell them arbitrarily. The Department of Justice’s actions clearly violate this directive.
On-chain data shows that the relevant Bitcoin address now has a zero balance, indicating that the assets have been fully liquidated. This incident reflects a lack of coordination in the government’s implementation of Bitcoin policy and has also sparked market doubts about policy consistency. For investors monitoring policy trends, such signals are worth continuous observation — they relate to the future direction of how the government will handle confiscated crypto assets.