US Government Transfers $606,000 in Bitcoin Linked to 2016 Bitfinex Hack to Coinbase
The US government has moved approximately $606,000 worth of bitcoin to Coinbase Prime, with on-chain data suggesting the transferred coins are linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack. The transferred 8 BTC are part of the 119,756 BTC stolen by Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison in 2024. The US government had seized a portion of the stolen BTC, then worth $3.6 billion, inā¦
April 17, 2026, 5:03 a.m.