US Bitcoin Holdings Likely Much Lower Than Claimed, Official Data Shows

The United States is likely to possess significantly fewer Bitcoin coins than the publicly claimed 200,000 BTC. A journalist known as L0la L33tz, who filed a request with the US Marshals Service, reported that the agency has only 28,988 BTC at its disposal. She clarified that this figure distinguishes between seized and confiscated assets. The Federal Marshals Service manages only the confiscated coins, whereas on-chain trackers like Arkham consider both seized and confiscated bitcoins. These trackers often attribute the coins to the government even without an official confiscation decision, such as the 94,000 BTC stolen from Bitfinex that are counted as part of government holdings.