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Mystery Deepens Around 16,237 BTC Moved From Lubian Wallets Amid $36B US Bitcoin Cluster

On Tuesday, Bitcoin.com News covered the U.S. government’s move to seize more than 127,000 bitcoins from Chinese national Chen Zhi and an international fraud ring dubbed Prince Group. Our newsroom…

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127,000 BTC Under US Seizure Tied to Milky Sad Weak-Key Vulnerability, Onchain Slueth Says

U.S. authorities’ push to seize more than 127,000 bitcoin has revived a key thread: several of the wallets at issue are labeled by Arkham Intelligence as tied to the “Lubian.com…

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September’s DAT Tally: Bitcoin Treasuries Add 46,187 BTC; Combined Value Near $435B

Bitcoin treasuries added 46,187 BTC in September, bringing tracked holdings to roughly 3.8 million BTC at the month’s close, according to bitcointreasuries.net’s September report. Quiet Accumulation: September Buying Tracks August…

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Elliptic Uncloaks $60B in Illicit Garantex Transactions, Aiding US Takedown

The U.S. Secret Service, supported by blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, dismantled sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex and froze $26 million in cryptoassets, authorities announced Friday. U.S. Secret Service, With Elliptic’s…

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US Government’s Bitcoin Holdings: A Forensic Timeline of Seizures and Sales

Sani, a researcher and owner of timechainindex.com, designed an interactive platform meticulously documenting the timeline of U.S. government-seized bitcoin, leveraging onchain data to trace its accumulation and custodial history. The…

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