突发：美国政府计划出售 20 亿美元没收的丝绸之路比特币

在最近的比特币价格暴跌中，美国政府已通过其账户发起交易，这表明准备从已不复存在的丝绸之路网站上卸载被扣押的比特币。区块链分析显示，与 Coinbase 的测试交易总额为 1.31 亿美元，并从政府关联地址向该平台转移了 2,000 个比特币。市场观察人士密切关注这些活动，因为政府的比特币销售可能会影响加密货币的价格。

U.S. Government Prepares to Sell Confiscated Silk Road Bitcoin

美国政府准备出售没收的丝绸之路比特币

April 5, 2023

2023 年 4 月 5 日

Yerevan, Armenia - The United States government, which seized approximately $2 billion worth of Bitcoin from the defunct online black market, Silk Road, has initiated a series of transactions indicating its intention to potentially sell these assets.

亚美尼亚埃里温 - 美国政府从已不复存在的在线黑市“丝绸之路”中查获了价值约 20 亿美元的比特币，并启动了一系列交易，表明其有意出售这些资产。

On Tuesday, blockchain analytics firms observed multiple transactions from a digital wallet linked to the U.S. government. The initial transaction consisted of a small transfer of approximately $65 to a Coinbase Prime deposit address. This was followed by transfers totaling $131 million, a significant portion of which was subsequently shifted to other government-linked addresses.

周二，区块链分析公司观察到来自与美国政府相关的数字钱包的多笔交易。最初的交易包括向 Coinbase Prime 存款地址转账约 65 美元的小额资金。随后进行了总计 1.31 亿美元的转账，其中很大一部分随后转移到其他与政府相关的地址。

Parker Merritt, a solutions engineer at Coin Metrics, believes the $65 transaction served as a test run. "They sent a small amount to Coinbase Prime and then credited the bulk of the funds back to government-linked addresses as 'change output,'" he explained. "It's likely they'll move a larger amount, maybe even the entire sum, to Coinbase Prime next, now that they've verified the test transaction reached its intended target."

Coin Metrics 的解决方案工程师 Parker Merritt 认为，这笔 65 美元的交易只是一次试运行。 “他们向 Coinbase Prime 发送了少量资金，然后将大部分资金作为‘找零输出’存入与政府相关的地址，”他解释道。 “既然他们已经验证了测试交易达到了预期目标，那么接下来他们很可能会将更大的金额，甚至可能是全部金额转移到 Coinbase Prime。”

According to Flipside Crypto, multiple government-linked addresses pooled together and transferred approximately 2,000 Bitcoin to Coinbase. Digital wallets are typically anonymous, making it difficult to ascertain the true origin and destination of these funds.

据 Flipside Crypto 称，多个与政府相关的地址汇集在一起​​，将大约 2,000 个比特币转移到 Coinbase。数字钱包通常是匿名的，因此很难确定这些资金的真实来源和目的地。

Market observers have been closely monitoring the Bitcoin addresses controlled by the U.S. government, as any sales from these accounts could potentially impact the cryptocurrency's price. In the past, the government has sold portions of its Silk Road Bitcoin collection through auctions and other methods. The account involved in Tuesday's transactions initially held 30,174 Bitcoin.

市场观察人士一直在密切关注美国政府控制的比特币地址，因为这些账户的任何销售都可能影响加密货币的价格。过去，政府通过拍卖和其他方式出售了部分丝绸之路比特币收藏。周二交易涉及的账户最初持有 30,174 比特币。

The Silk Road, a notorious online marketplace, facilitated the sale of illicit substances, counterfeit documents, and other illegal items using Bitcoin as a payment method. In 2013, federal agents shut down the website and seized Bitcoin valued at $3.6 million. The value of these assets has since skyrocketed, partly due to recent surges in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin's price has surged by over 50% so far this year.

丝绸之路是一个臭名昭著的在线市场，它利用比特币作为支付方式促进非法物质、伪造文件和其他非法物品的销售。 2013 年，联邦特工关闭了该网站并没收了价值 360 万美元的比特币。此后，这些资产的价值飙升，部分原因是最近加密货币市场的飙升。今年迄今为止，比特币的价格已飙升超过 50%。

From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road was operated by Ross William Ulbricht, known by the alias "Dread Pirate Roberts." Ulbricht earned approximately $80 million in commissions from the website, all through Bitcoin transactions. In 2015, a federal jury in New York found Ulbricht guilty on seven criminal charges, including distributing narcotics and money laundering. He is currently serving a life sentence.

2011年至2013年，丝绸之路由罗斯·威廉·乌布利希（Ross William Ulbricht）运营，他的别名是“恐怖海盗罗伯茨”。乌布利希通过比特币交易从该网站赚取了大约 8000 万美元的佣金。 2015年，纽约联邦陪审团裁定乌布利希犯有七项刑事罪名，其中包括分发毒品和洗钱。他目前正在服无期徒刑。