US authorities seized and successfully sought the forfeiture of 51,351 Bitcoin from a Silk Road hacker named James “Jimmy” Zhong — who may or may not be “Individual X” — in March 2022.

Crypto Czar David Sacks warns that the U.S. government's Bitcoin policy has cost around $17 billion and the taxpayers are footing the bill.

The U.S. Marshals Service held an auction Friday of nearly 30,000 bitcoins seized from the now-shuttered online black market, Silk Road. Silk Road used ‘anonymity layers,’ digital currency to ...

The government’s relationship with Bitcoin began in 2013–2014 with the Silk Road takedown, where federal agents seized 144,000 BTC — one of the largest Bitcoin hauls ever. Rather than ...

Some noteworthy seizures include: 144,000 bitcoin was seized from Ross Ulbricht during the shutdown of Silk Road in 2013. 50,000 bitcoin was additionally seized from Jimmy Zhong in 2021 ...

The US Government moved Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) from the confiscated funds of Sae-Heng, a person involved with ...

As Trump's pardons stir debate across the crypto world, speculation grows over who could be next — with names like SBF, CZ, ...

How do you say with a straight face that the government needs an XRP stockpile?

“Instead, it’s using existing seized Bitcoin. Investors felt let ... $17 billion), stems from high-profile seizures like the Silk Road bust and Colonial Pipeline ransom recovery.

CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer ignited speculation in the crypto space on March 29 with an X post stating, “Is SBF the next ...