US Transfers $288M in Seized BTC, ETH to Coinbase Prime
The transfers came from wallets tied to criminal-case seizures, including the BTC-e exchange and Ryan Farace.
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The transfers came from wallets tied to criminal-case seizures, including the BTC-e exchange and Ryan Farace.
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The transfer routes coins from the Farace and BTC-e seizures through fresh wallets and into the exchange despite Trump's March 2025 order barring sales from the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
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29.9K $ETH (≈52.7M) moved from unknown wallet to Coinbase Institutional.
30K $ETH (≈52.9M) moved from Coinbase Institutional to unknown new wallet.
30K $ETH (≈53.1M) moved from unknown wallet to Coinbase Institutional.
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