https://www.cryptopolitan.com/us-marshals-miss-senator-lummis-deadline-btc/
created by DaRunningdead on 01/02/2025 at 18:21 UTC
251 upvotes, 11 top-level comments (showing 11)
Comment by kirtash93 at 01/02/2025 at 18:44 UTC
36 upvotes, 2 direct replies
That email is going to leak.
Comment by coinfeeds-bot at 01/02/2025 at 18:40 UTC
45 upvotes, 2 direct replies
tldr; Senator Cynthia Lummis has demanded answers from the US Marshals Service regarding their Bitcoin holdings after they missed a deadline to respond. The Marshals seized over 69,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road, selling most at low prices, missing out on nearly $19 billion in potential gains. Lummis is advocating for a national Bitcoin reserve and has introduced legislation for the US to acquire 200,000 Bitcoins annually. The Marshals have not publicly responded, but a private briefing is reportedly planned. Lummis is pushing for transparency and better management of seized digital assets.
Comment by skexzies at 01/02/2025 at 20:24 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Time for the Marshalls to be rounded up if they don't comply.
Comment by Makaveli80 at 01/02/2025 at 22:17 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
In 2017, the government auctioned off 140,000 of those Silk Road Bitcoins at a bargain price of $330 each. At today’s prices, those same coins are worth over $100,000 each.
Who got those bitcoin? That's only 46 million , any billionaire picked them up?
Comment by tianavitoli at 01/02/2025 at 19:29 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
look you don't want to fuck or fuck with, and woman that has a haircut that looks like an upside down chili bowl
these woman are not part of a knitting circle, they are not making their husband a sandwhich, they are going to get at you in the worst way
Comment by not420guilty at 01/02/2025 at 19:35 UTC
4 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Those are stolen bitcoin. Seized = stolen
Comment by ATVLover at 01/02/2025 at 20:52 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The wallet the flash drive is probably short a few thousand coins and/or conveniently missing.
"If we don't answer long enough maybe she'll stop asking..."
Comment by Onebadosteopathswag at 01/02/2025 at 22:38 UTC*
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Senator Slumass Lummis is a grifter just like trump. Nothing she says means a god damn thing.
Comment by 2LostFlamingos at 01/02/2025 at 22:50 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If a federal employee refuses to respond to a legit inquiry, such as this, from a senator leading an oversight committee, they should go directly to jail.
Comment by [deleted] at 01/02/2025 at 18:48 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by Onebadosteopathswag at 02/02/2025 at 00:21 UTC
-2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
senator lummis looks like she belongs in a crypt. maybe that's what she was looking for instead of crypto.