法官规定，政府现在可以出售从丝绸之路缴获的价值 6.5B 美元的比特币

一名联邦法官驳回了内华达州风险投资公司 Battle Born Investments 阻止政府出售价值 65 亿美元比特币的动议

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.

根据加州北区法院 12 月 30 日提交的文件，一家位于内华达州的风险投资公司试图阻止美国政府出售价值 65 亿美元的比特币，但失败了。这家风险投资公司 Battle Born Investments 曾据 DB News 报道，该公司对这些资产提出了索赔。司法部没有立即回应置评请求。

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.

这项法律裁决结束了一场长达数年的法律斗争，涉及 2020 年从一名身份不明的黑客手中没收的 69,370 枚比特币，法庭文件中称这名黑客为“X 人”。黑客的身份仍然未知，但联邦特工能够追踪数字钱包中的比特币回到丝绸之路，这是一个于 2013 年关闭的暗网贩毒网站。

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.

尽管 12 月的法院判决没有明确命令政府出售比特币，但美国法警局通常会拍卖联邦调查局和国税局等联邦机构扣押的加密货币，以及房地产、汽车等其他资产，甚至飞机。

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.

如果政府确实决定出售比特币，这将标志着历史上最大的政府加密货币清算之一——此举可能会引发投资者的强烈反应，其中许多人担心如此大规模的清算可能会淹没整个加密货币市场。市场并导致比特币价格暴跌。然而，在过去，政府故意间隔拍卖以避免这种情况。

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.

政府多年来查获的与丝绸之路相关的比特币的确切数量尚不清楚，但当局已举行了多次拍卖来出售其中一些代币。上个月，区块链分析公司 Arkham Intelligence 报告称，美国政府的加密钱包已将价值 19 亿美元的 Silk Road 比特币转移到加密货币交易所 Coinbase。此举令一些投资者感到震惊，他们将其解读为政府准备出售的迹象。然而，这也可能是政府与交易所签订的处理其数字资产的合同的一部分，该合同于 7 月份宣布。

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.

加密货币爱好者唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)当选之际，政府可能出售比特币，这引发了建立战略性国家比特币储备以对冲通胀的呼声。这位当选总统建议投资者“永远不要出售你的比特币”，并表示支持怀俄明州参议员辛西娅·鲁米斯的立法，该立法要求政府在五年内购买 100 万比特币。

“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.

特朗普在田纳西州纳什维尔举行的比特币会议上表示：“我宣布，如果我当选，这将是我的政府的政策……将美国政府目前持有或获得的所有比特币 100% 保留到未来。”去年。