The U.S. government has obtained permission to liquidate 69,000 BTC ($6.5 billion) seized in the Silk Road case, an event less than two weeks after the new administration took office, which had previously stated its intentions to refrain from selling cryptocurrency.
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The U.S. government has been granted permission to liquidate 69,000 BTC ($6.5 billion) seized in the Silk Road case, an event less than two weeks after taking office
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