If the FBI had waited until today to liquidate the Bitcoun that was seized from Silk Road accounts, it would be worth ~11.8 BILLION !!

If the FBI had waited until today to liquidate the Bitcoin that was seized from Silk Road accounts, it would be worth ~11.8 BILLION !!

Based on the initial ~175,000 BTC the FBI seized, not including the amount that was stolen from Silk Road by a hacker and seized just last year after it was finally moved. To include that, add another $4.7 billion (70,000 BTC).

I get it, they had no reason to wait this long to liquidate it, but fuck that's a lot of $$$$$$$.

The Feds only ended up making $48 million by the end of 2017.