US Moves $1bn of Bitfinex Hack Bitcoin to a New Wallet
A US government wallet holding Bitcoin seized from the 2016 Bitfinex hack moved 12,267 BTC, worth about $1 billion, on Thursday. The transfer went out at 9:33am Eastern time in a single trans
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A US government wallet holding Bitcoin seized from the 2016 Bitfinex hack moved 12,267 BTC, worth about $1 billion, on Thursday.
The transfer went out at 9:33am Eastern time in a single transaction, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham. Almost all of it went to a new, unlabelled address, and none of it went to an exchange.
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