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TheUnited states marshals service will soon auction 4040 bitcoins – approximately 34 million euros at current prices – seized in court cases.
On its website, theUSMS, a police agency of the United States federal government, announced to organize a auction with 5 blocks of 500 BTC, 10 blocks of 100 BTC, 10 blocks of 50 BTC and 1 block of 40.54069820 BTC.
Scheduled for February 18, the sale will be accessible only to investors who have made a minimum deposit of $ 200,000 upstream.
These bitcoins have been confiscated in various criminal, civil and administrative cases, "said the USMS.
The American agency organized its first sale of bitcoins in 2014. About fifty people participated, including the famous venture capitalist Tim draper who had won 30,000 BTC there. Its last sale dates back to the end of 2018 (660 BTC).
In 2019, Wilsons Auctions, a British auction house, also offered lots of bitcoins, bitcoins cash and silver bitcoins. The tokens came from a seizure carried out by the Belgian authorities.