DOJ CONFIRMED NOT TO SELL BTC SEIZED FROM SAMOURAI WALLET
In the early days of the month, the market spread information that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sold about 6 million USD worth of Bitcoin related to the Samourai Wallet case. However, today Patrick Witt, White House crypto advisor, officially denied this.
According to confirmation, the seized Bitcoin has never been and will not be liquidated. All of this BTC will be kept in the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, in accordance with Donald Trump's decree.
Currently, the U.S. government holds about 328,372 BTC, equivalent to 31.3 billion USD. Among them, notably, 127,271 BTC was seized last October from a case related to Chen Zhi, a large-scale fraudster originating from Cambodia.
This information clarifies an important point: the U.S. is pursuing an accumulation strategy, not selling Bitcoin. This reinforces the belief that BTC is gradually being viewed as a strategic reserve asset, rather than just a short-term speculative tool.
