法官規定，政府現在可以出售從絲綢之路繳獲的價值 6.5B 美元的比特幣

一名聯邦法官駁回了內華達州創投公司 Battle Born Investments 阻止政府出售價值 65 億美元比特幣的動議

A Nevada-based venture capital firm has failed in its attempt to stop the U.S. government from selling $6.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, as per a court filing from the Northern District of California on Dec. 30. The VC firm, Battle Born Investments, had laid claim to the assets, according to a report by DB News. The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

根據加州北區法院 12 月 30 日提交的文件，一家位於內華達州的創投公司試圖阻止美國政府出售價值 65 億美元的比特幣，但失敗了。報道，該公司對這些資產提出了索賠。司法部沒有立即回應置評請求。

The legal decision concludes a years-long legal battle over 69,370 Bitcoins that were seized in 2020 from an unidentified hacker, who was referred to in court documents as “Individual X.” The hacker’s identity is still unknown, but federal agents were able to follow the Bitcoin in their digital wallet back to the Silk Road, a darknet drug trafficking website that was shut down in 2013.

這項法律裁決結束了一場長達數年的法律鬥爭，涉及 2020 年從一名身份不明的駭客手中沒收的 69,370 枚比特幣，法庭文件中稱這名駭客為「X 人」。駭客的身份仍然未知，但聯邦特工能夠追蹤數位錢包中的比特幣回到絲綢之路，這是一個於 2013 年關閉的暗網販毒網站。

Although the December court decision does not explicitly order the government to sell the Bitcoin, the U.S. Marshals Service has typically auctioned off cryptocurrency that was seized by federal agencies such as the FBI and the IRS, along with other assets like real estate, cars and even planes.

儘管 12 月的法院判決沒有明確命令政府出售比特幣，但美國法警局通常會拍賣聯邦調查局和國稅局等聯邦機構扣押的加密貨幣，以及房地產、汽車等其他資產，甚至飛機。

If the government does decide to sell the Bitcoin, it would mark one of the largest government liquidations of crypto in history — a move that could potentially trigger a strong reaction from investors, many of whom are concerned that a liquidation of this magnitude could flood the market and cause Bitcoin's price to crash. In the past, however, the government has deliberately spaced out auctions to avoid this very scenario.

如果政府確實決定出售比特幣，這將標誌著歷史上最大的政府加密貨幣清算之一——此舉可能會引發投資者的強烈反應，其中許多人擔心如此大規模的清算可能會淹沒整個加密貨幣市場。然而，在過去，政府故意間隔拍賣以避免這種情況。

The exact amount of Silk Road-related Bitcoin that the government has seized over the years is unknown, but the authorities have held several auctions to sell some of these tokens. Last month, blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence reported that crypto wallets belonging to the U.S. government had moved $1.9 billion worth of Silk Road Bitcoin to crypto exchange Coinbase. This move alarmed some investors, who interpreted it as a sign that the government was preparing to sell. However, it could also be part of the government's contract with the exchange to handle their digital assets, which was announced in July.

政府多年來查獲的與絲綢之路相關的比特幣的確切數量尚不清楚，但當局已舉行了多次拍賣來出售其中一些代幣。上個月，區塊鏈分析公司 Arkham Intelligence 報告稱，美國政府的加密錢包已將價值 19 億美元的 Silk Road 比特幣轉移到加密貨幣交易所 Coinbase。此舉令一些投資者感到震驚，他們將其解讀為政府準備出售的跡象。然而，這也可能是政府與交易所簽訂的處理其數位資產的合約的一部分，該合約於 7 月宣布。

A potential government sale of Bitcoin comes as the election of Donald Trump — a crypto enthusiast — has sparked calls for a strategic national Bitcoin reserve as a hedge against inflation. The president-elect has advised investors to “never sell your Bitcoin” and has expressed support for Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis' legislation, which would require the government to purchase one million Bitcoin over five years.

加密貨幣愛好者唐納德·川普(Donald Trump)當選之際，政府可能出售比特幣，這引發了建立戰略性國家比特幣儲備以對沖通膨的呼聲。這位當選總統建議投資者“永遠不要出售你的比特幣”，並表示支持懷俄明州參議員辛西婭·魯米斯的立法，該立法要求政府在五年內購買 100 萬比特幣。

“I am announcing that if I am elected, it will be the policy of my administration… to keep 100% of all the Bitcoin the U.S. government currently holds or acquires into the future,” Trump stated at the Bitcoin conference in Nashville, TN, last year.

川普在田納西州納許維爾舉行的比特幣會議上表示：「我宣布，如果我當選，這將是我的政府的政策…將美國政府目前持有或獲得的所有比特幣100% 保留到未來。