Key Takeaways
- Speculation suggests the US DOJ may be liquidating seized Bitcoin, impacting its price.
- Clarity on Bitcoin’s price movement linked to DOJ actions is expected within 30 days.
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David Bailey, a well-known Bitcoin advocate and CEO of BTC Inc, speculated that Bitcoin’s recent price decline might be connected to the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) selling activities.
“If the DOJ has been liquidating America’s bitcoin with haste (in defiance of the President) ever since getting court approval to do so 3 months ago… then Bitcoin’s price action makes perfect sense,” Bailey, who recently attended the White House Crypto Summit alongside other industry leaders, wrote on X.
In a follow-up statement, Bailey indicated that clarity on the situation should come within “30 days.”
His comment came after President Trump issued an executive order to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve using seized coins.
Under Trump’s new order, the Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce will be responsible for building budget-neutral strategies for further BTC acquisitions, provided that these strategies impose no incremental costs on American taxpayers.
The exact amount of Bitcoin, as well as other altcoins seized by the US authorities, remains unknown. According to data tracked by Arkham Intelligence, a US government-labeled wallet currently holds 198,109 BTC worth nearly $16 billion.
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