U.S. Authorities Transfer One Billion Dollars Worth of Bitcoin From Wallet Linked to Bitfinex Hack, No Immediate Sale Planned
In a development that has drawn the attention of cryptocurrency analysts, law‑enforcement agencies, and market participants alike, the United States government has successfully moved roughly one billion dollars’ worth of Bitcoin from a wallet that investigators have linked to the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack. The transfer, which involved exactly 12,267 BTC, was executed on a blockchain transaction…
Oct. 8, 2026, 3:43 p.m.