US Government's Seized-Crypto Sales Overhang
The US government will keep moving seized crypto to exchange-linked custody in large tranches, and because the strategic-reserve policy bars selling only some forfeited coins, each transfer revives the question of supply hitting the market. Seized-asset flows become a recurring event-risk for crypto prices and a test of how far reserve policy really goes.
weakening · confidence 33 · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since October 8, 2026 · updated October 12, 2026
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Now 33 · -2 since Oct 11 · ranged 33 to 35
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- Oct 10Context
Bessent's statement that the US will probably seize $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto this week would enlarge the government's forfeited holdings. Whether it becomes sellable supply depends on how reserve policy treats sanctions-linked forfeitures, which has not been disclosed.
- Oct 9Strengthened +2
The US government moved 12,267 Bitfinex-hack bitcoin (about $1B) to unlabeled wallets, a day after $383M reached Coinbase Prime. There is no sign of a sale yet, but a second large tranche in two days again raises the question of whether the 2025 strategic-reserve order governs what agencies do with seized coins.
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Context · October 10, 2026
Bessent says the United States will probably seize $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto this week
Bessent's statement that the US will probably seize $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto this week would enlarge the government's forfeited holdings. Whether it becomes sellable supply depends on how reserve policy treats sanctions-linked forfeitures, which has not been disclosed.
Bitcoin MagazineSupporting · October 9, 2026
US Government Moves $1 Billion in Bitfinex-Hack Bitcoin to Unlabeled Wallets With No Sign of a Sale
The US government moved 12,267 Bitfinex-hack bitcoin (about $1B) to unlabeled wallets, a day after $383M reached Coinbase Prime. There is no sign of a sale yet, but a second large tranche in two days again raises the question of whether the 2025 strategic-reserve order governs what agencies do with seized coins.
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