Tracking of Cryptocurrency Transfers by Governments Worldwide
This topic will track and analyze the trends of cryptocurrency asset transfers by governments around the world.
20:35 Data: The Bhutanese government deposited 367.26 BTC to Binance, worth 33.51 million USD
ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the government of Bhutan has just deposited 367.26 BTC into Binance, worth 33.51 million USD.
23:44 Arkham: The Bhutanese government's Bitcoin holdings have surpassed $1 billion in market value
ChainCatcher message, Arkham disclosed data on the X platform stating that as the BTC price rises, the current market value of the Bhutanese government's Bitcoin holdings has surpassed 1 billion dollars.
18:15 Data: The government of the Kingdom of Bhutan deposited 929 BTC into Binance in the past hour, worth 66.16 million USD
ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, the government of Bhutan has deposited 929 BTC (66.16 million USD) to Binance in the past hour. The government of Bhutan currently holds 12,456 BTC (886.58 million USD).
10:53 The attacker of the U.S. government address converted part of the stolen funds into ETH and transferred it to Binance and two new addresses
ChainCatcher message, according to @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, after the stolen funds from the U.S. government were transferred to an address starting with 0x348, some stablecoins have been exchanged for 2709 ETH (approximately 6.08 million USD).The exchanged ETH has been distributed to Binance and two new addresses, and the hacker's wallet currently still holds AUSDC worth 13.2 million USD.
08:11 Data: U.S. government addresses suspected of being hacked, $20 million in cryptocurrency stolen
ChainCatcher news reports that, according to Arkham monitoring, a cryptocurrency wallet associated with the U.S. government has allegedly been hacked, resulting in approximately $20 million in assets being stolen. The stolen funds originated from a portion of the assets seized by the U.S. government during the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack.The attackers transferred the stolen funds to a wallet address starting with "0x348". The stolen assets include various cryptocurrencies such as USDC, USDT, aUSDC, and ETH. Arkham reports that the hackers have begun converting stablecoins into Ethereum and laundering the funds through addresses suspected to be linked to money laundering services.Specifically, the attacked U.S. government address is 0xc9E6E51C7dA9FF1198fdC5b3369EfeDA9b19C34c, which previously received funds related to the Bitfinex hack from 9 different government seizure addresses. This includes the address 0xE2F699AB099e97Db1CF0b13993c31C7ee42FB2ac, which was named in the court documents of the Bitfinex case.Previous news reported that the U.S. government address withdrew $6.57 million in stablecoins from Aave, which were then exchanged for 2,135 ETH.
08:06 Data: A portion of stablecoins leaked from the U.S. government address was exchanged for 2,135 ETH
According to ChainCatcher, on-chain data shows that the U.S. government address (Bitfinex hacker seized funds) withdrew $6.57 million worth of stablecoins from Aave 6 hours ago. The funds were then transferred to the address "0x34...0a9f", which subsequently exchanged approximately 5.45 million USDC for 2135.27 ETH. The specific motive behind the operations of this address cannot be confirmed at this time.
14:39 This year, the U.S. government transferred nearly $1 billion in BTC to Coinbase in three installments, and in both of the first two transfers, BTC dropped by 5% within three days
ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring statistics, the U.S. government has transferred a total of 15,940 bitcoins to Coinbase Prime in three batches this year, worth approximately $966.4 million.Statistics show that within three days after the first two transfers, the price of BTC dropped by about 5%.Previous news, a U.S. government-associated address starting with bc1ql transferred 10,000 BTC to the Coinbase Prime wallet 1 hour ago, worth approximately $593.5 million.
08:03 Data: The balance of the German government's Bitcoin address is close to zero
ChainCatcher news, according to Arkham monitoring, the balance of the German government Bitcoin address is nearly zero, which has sent 3846.05 BTC (approximately 223.81 million USD) to Flow Traders and 139Po (possibly institutional deposits/OTC trading services).The current Bitcoin balance in the address shows as 1.86 USD.
21:57 Data: The German government transferred 800 bitcoins to Kraken
ChainCatcher news, according to Arkham monitoring, the German government address transferred 800 bitcoins to Kraken 8 minutes ago and transferred 500 bitcoins to another address.
21:44 Data: The German government address transferred 1000 bitcoins to a suspected B2C2 Group address
ChainCatcher news, according to Arkham monitoring, the German government address transferred 1,000 bitcoins, worth 57.52 million dollars, to the suspected crypto market maker B2C2 Group address 10 minutes ago.
