Incident record · Under review ¿El gobierno de EEUU vendió $1 mil millones en: Security incident El gobierno de Estados Unidos transfirió aproximadamente 1.01 mil millones de dólares en Bitcoin el 8 de octubre, lo que generó temores sobre una gran venta mientras el mercado cripto seguía bajista. Los datos de Arkham muestran dos transferencias salientes desde una wallet que contiene Bitcoin incautado en el hack de Bitfinex. Lookonchain rastreó la El post ¿El gobierno de EEUU vendió $1 mil millones en Bitcoin? fue visto por primera vez en BeInCrypto .
Status Under review
Reported loss $1
Chain Bitcoin
Confidence 55%
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Sources Record history First seen: 2026-10-08T20:21:00.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-08T22:31:06.662Z. Revision: 1.
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