ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, former Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications at Binance, Steve Milton, stated that Trump may reduce the U.S. government's regulation of the cryptocurrency industry. Trump has been outspoken about the need to reduce government intervention in people's lives and has consistently supported cryptocurrencies... Trump's victory, along with the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, is a "historic achievement" for cryptocurrency regulation in the United States.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the hackers who previously attacked the U.S. government wallet are suspected to have started returning funds. Data shows that the U.S. government wallet has received 13.19 million aUSDC and 2,408 ETH, worth approximately 6.1 million dollars, all of which came from hacker addresses.

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.

ChainCatcher news, GSR analysts point out that Bitcoin's unpredictable price fluctuations are still primarily driven by market sentiment rather than fundamental factors. The monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan are worth noting, and the upcoming economic data or market information from the U.S. is also worth paying attention to, as the U.S. is moving towards a soft landing, which GSR believes is a positive catalyst for cryptocurrencies.Another factor that may put pressure on Bitcoin is the potential sale of nearly 69,000 Bitcoins (worth about $4.2 billion) by the U.S. government, which were seized from the Silk Road market.GSR analyst Brian Rudick warns investors not to overlook the potential impact. "This could create some downward pressure on the market." Additionally, market observers are now focusing on four key factors that could influence Bitcoin's price: the U.S. elections, central bank monetary policies, the U.S. economy, and the U.S. government's potential sale of Bitcoins seized in the Silk Road case.

ChainCatcher news, according to a post by Arkham on the X platform, a U.S. government-associated address starting with bc1ql transferred 10,000 BTC to a Coinbase Prime wallet 1 hour ago, worth approximately $593.5 million.It is reported that bc1ql received 10,000 BTC from a known U.S. government wallet two weeks ago, which belongs to funds seized during the Silk Road enforcement action.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham data, 15 minutes ago, the U.S. government address transferred 299.95 ETH again.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham data, 4 minutes ago, the U.S. government address transferred 0.041 ETH, possibly for transfer testing.

ChainCatcher news, QCP Capital stated in an official channel that the market violently reversed the positive surge brought by Trump's speech for the cryptocurrency market this week, with the BTC price dropping from a post-speech high of 70,000 to nearly 60,000 this morning. The reasons for the decline include selling pressure from the U.S. government (about 28,000 BTC), Mt. Gox (33,960 BTC), and Genesis (BTC and ETH worth 1.5 billion USD); Bitcoin mining difficulty adjusted to a historical high, and an increase in recession expectations. From the options market data, price volatility is expected to stabilize over the summer.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data, 13 minutes ago, the "U.S. Government: Silk Road DOJ Seized Funds" wallet transferred approximately 29,799 BTC to an address starting with bc1qs, worth about $2.02 billion. The U.S. government currently holds 183,439 BTC, worth approximately $12.3 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, here is an overview of the recent outflow data of BTC from three major selling pressures (German government, U.S. government, and Mt. Gox):The German government address has transferred a total of 9,332.3 BTC (approximately 572.13 million USD) from June 19 to date, with an average transfer price of 61,306 USD;The U.S. government address transferred 3,940.2 BTC (approximately 241.22 million USD) on June 26, with an average transfer price of 61,219 USD;The Mt. Gox address transferred 1,544.6 BTC (approximately 84.87 million USD) on July 5, with an average transfer price of 54,944 USD.Summary: The three entities have collectively transferred 14,817.1 BTC (approximately 898.22 million USD) over the past 16 days from June 19 to date, while the BTC price has dropped by 14.3% during this period (from 65,590 USD to 56,225 USD).

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Lookonchain, since June 19, the German government, the U.S. government, and Mt. Gox have collectively transferred 17,788 BTC (approximately $1.08 billion).Among them, the German government has been transferring BTC daily since July 1 and currently holds 396,210 BTC (approximately $22.78 billion). The U.S. government holds 213,297 BTC (approximately $11.72 billion), while Mt. Gox holds 141,687 BTC (approximately $7.78 billion).

ChainCatcher message, Arkham data shows that 10 minutes ago, a wallet address marked as "U.S. Government" (0x05 ... e049) transferred 3,375 ETH to an address starting with 0x5 ac4, worth approximately 11.75 million dollars.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham data, at 21:02 today, a U.S. government address transferred 11.84 BTC, approximately $726,000, to an address with no clear markings.

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju posted on the X platform that the U.S. government holds 210,392 BTC, with a floating profit of 2.4 times, and has not sold any BTC since July 2023.

ChainCatcher news, according to Arkham data, marked as: U.S. Government: Bitfinex Hacker Seized Funds, the address transferred 2,818 Bitcoins to a new address 5 hours ago, worth approximately $173 million.Another related address subsequently transferred its holding of 12,300 BTC to a new address, worth approximately $923 million.

According to ChainCatcher news, data from blockchain analysis firm Arkham Intelligence shows that the U.S. government currently holds over $6 billion in Bitcoin assets on-chain. The held Bitcoins come from three asset seizures related to illegal activities, including 69,370 Bitcoins seized from Silk Road in 2020, 94,640 Bitcoins seized from the Bitfinex hacker in 2022, and 41,500 Bitcoins seized from James Zhong (the Silk Road hacker) in 2022 (originally over 50,000, with 9,861 sold), totaling 205,510 Bitcoins.The U.S. government had previously announced its intention to sell the Silk Road-related Bitcoins in batches in 2023, and on March 14 of this year, it sent 9,861 Bitcoins to Coinbase for liquidation. Although the official statement claimed that the sale had been executed, the execution price was significantly lower than the spot price on that day. Arkham believes this seems to be for settling transactions with trade partners, selling at TWAP (Time-Weighted Average Price). (source link)