Title: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: freedomno1 on June 12, 2014, 11:59:25 PM Alternative Source for this Article:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=650185.0 SUMMARY: Do you have spare millions lying around that you want to invest in something new? The U.S. government will be auctioning off blocks of 3000 bitcoins in July. Continued in Article http://gigaom.com/2014/06/12/us-will-auction-bitcoins-seized-from-silk-road-bidders-must-deposit-200000/ Secondary Sourcing http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/12/silk-road-bitcoin-on-the-move-as-government-prepares-to-auction-off-18-million-worth/ Third Source http://www.coindesk.com/18-million-worth-of-silk-road-bitcoin-to-be-sold-by-us-government/ __ Comment From the FBI to the Ultra Rich thank goodness :D Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: thezerg on June 13, 2014, 12:50:16 AM Alternative Source for this Article: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=650185.0 SUMMARY: Do you have spare millions lying around that you want to invest in something new? The U.S. government will be auctioning off blocks of 3000 bitcoins in July. Continued in Article http://gigaom.com/2014/06/12/us-will-auction-bitcoins-seized-from-silk-road-bidders-must-deposit-200000/ Secondary Sourcing http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/12/silk-road-bitcoin-on-the-move-as-government-prepares-to-auction-off-18-million-worth/ Third Source http://www.coindesk.com/18-million-worth-of-silk-road-bitcoin-to-be-sold-by-us-government/ __ Comment From the FBI to the Ultra Rich thank goodness :D I wonder how soon you get the coins after your wire xfer goes through... could be important if your plan is to flip some. Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: tins on June 13, 2014, 01:21:23 AM So stupid, only wealthy will be able to purchase these at greats rates. Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: zonacats on June 13, 2014, 03:42:12 AM So what's everyone going to do?
Can see this going one of 2 ways: (1) The 174K BTC are auctioned off at a discount and combined with the flood of injecting 1% into the market causes BTC to drop or (2) The 174K BTC are auctioned off at higher than $600 per coin - it's not easy to obtain chunks of BTC of that size (i.e. VC's or companies with long-term plans for BTC) and BTC continues to rise Or everyone sits tight and waits while nothing happens. Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: Minor on June 13, 2014, 04:38:45 AM So what's everyone going to do? Can see this going one of 2 ways: (1) The 174K BTC are auctioned off at a discount and combined with the flood of injecting 1% into the market causes BTC to drop or (2) The 174K BTC are auctioned off at higher than $600 per coin - it's not easy to obtain chunks of BTC of that size (i.e. VC's or companies with long-term plans for BTC) and BTC continues to rise Or everyone sits tight and waits while nothing happens. They're auctioning blocs of 3000 BTC. According to BitcoinAverage, over 78,000 coins were exchanged in the last 24h so it probably isn't all that hard to get "chunks of BTC of that size". You want 30,000BTC by June 27? Just buy 2000 a day between now and the auction, shouldn't affect the market all that much. Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: niothor on June 13, 2014, 04:56:12 AM So what's everyone going to do? Can see this going one of 2 ways: (1) The 174K BTC are auctioned off at a discount and combined with the flood of injecting 1% into the market causes BTC to drop or (2) The 174K BTC are auctioned off at higher than $600 per coin - it's not easy to obtain chunks of BTC of that size (i.e. VC's or companies with long-term plans for BTC) and BTC continues to rise Or everyone sits tight and waits while nothing happens. http://www.usmarshals.gov/assets/2014/bitcoins/ They are selling only 30k coins not the whole seized stash Quote This auction is for 9 blocks of 3,000 bitcoins (“Series A Blocks”) and 1 block of 2,656.51306529 bitcoins (“Series B Block”). Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: bryant.coleman on June 14, 2014, 05:19:03 AM Any idea when they will auction the second stash (containing BTC145,000)? I heard that the lawyers of Ross Ullbricht are currently engaged in a legal battle to prevent their auctioning. I haven't heard anything about it in the last 30 days or so.
Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: freedomno1 on June 14, 2014, 11:02:05 AM Any idea when they will auction the second stash (containing BTC145,000)? I heard that the lawyers of Ross Ullbricht are currently engaged in a legal battle to prevent their auctioning. I haven't heard anything about it in the last 30 days or so. As far as I know they still don't have access to Rosses private keys I can't find a news report from 2014 that mentions them having the access to it just the course case documents from the related links http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/02/07/alleged-silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht-pleads-not-guilty-on-all-charges/ http://www.wptv.com/news/science-tech/ross-ulbricht-wants-his-seized-bitcoins-back-suspected-of-selling-illegal-drugs-online That is the reason they cannot sell them I assumed he used a brainwallet and that is why the FBI is only able to auction off the Silk Road Bitcoins and not his stash That said it is still confiscated and the property of the FBI for all intensive purposes. http://blogs.reuters.com/unstructuredfinance/2013/10/14/fbi-not-waiting-for-silk-road-owners-bitcoin-pword/ Excerpt According to the Forbes report, the feds managed to seize all the Bitcoin Silk Road had in its accounts, but when it came to going after Ulbricht’s “personal” Bitcoin account, the job wasn’t that easy. Ulbricht had a higher level of protection on his own account than he did on Silk Road’s digital “wallets,” as they are called, and the feds are stuck waiting for Ulbricht to cough up his password before they can take his Bitcoin. “We have seized everything we were entitled to seize under the civil forfeiture action,” said the spokesman, Peter Donald. And indeed, while the civil forfeiture action does repeat the claim that Ulbricht at some point earned 600,000 Bitcoin for himself, it does not specifically address the question of where that currency ended up. Nor does it describe a digital wallet held by Ulbricht himself. It simply names the various wallets associated with Silk Road, all of which the FBI has accessed and emptied. The difference is not a trifling one. The specter of $80 million being held in a place that can’t be accessed even by one of the world’s most aggressive law enforcement organizations is both a thrilling and a frightening possibility. Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: LiteCoinGuy on June 14, 2014, 12:08:16 PM Any idea when they will auction the second stash (containing BTC145,000)? I heard that the lawyers of Ross Ullbricht are currently engaged in a legal battle to prevent their auctioning. I haven't heard anything about it in the last 30 days or so. As far as I know they still don't have access to Rosses private keys I can't find a news report from 2014 that mentions them having the access to it just the course case documents from the related links http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/02/07/alleged-silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht-pleads-not-guilty-on-all-charges/ http://www.wptv.com/news/science-tech/ross-ulbricht-wants-his-seized-bitcoins-back-suspected-of-selling-illegal-drugs-online hopefully they are lost :P Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: Finchy on June 14, 2014, 03:44:31 PM They must have access to at least some of Ross's coins or why would he be suing them to try get them back?
Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: yatsey87 on June 14, 2014, 04:04:52 PM So what's everyone going to do? Can see this going one of 2 ways: (1) The 174K BTC are auctioned off at a discount and combined with the flood of injecting 1% into the market causes BTC to drop or (2) The 174K BTC are auctioned off at higher than $600 per coin - it's not easy to obtain chunks of BTC of that size (i.e. VC's or companies with long-term plans for BTC) and BTC continues to rise Or everyone sits tight and waits while nothing happens. It all really depends on what price they get bought for. I'm hoping whoever buys them plans to hold them as an investment though. Trying to sell them all at once will be silly. Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: nwfella on June 14, 2014, 05:01:54 PM Bitcoin currently at $556 on BitStamp. Another 14 days of pain...this really sucks!
Sadly I think things might get alot worse before they start to get better. Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: kjlimo on June 14, 2014, 05:04:16 PM They must have access to at least some of Ross's coins or why would he be suing them to try get them back? I'm guessing they are still trying to make many cases that even the auctioned bitcooins should be returned... might as well try? Probably what the lawyers said... Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: LiteCoinGuy on June 14, 2014, 06:41:40 PM http://www.bloomberg.com/video/is-the-government-sanctioning-bitcoin-with-auction-fHjpuE_uQcqc9K88fQaR6g.html
Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: freedomno1 on June 14, 2014, 10:30:09 PM They must have access to at least some of Ross's coins or why would he be suing them to try get them back? I think the lawsuit is to get back the Silk Road Bitcoins and to keep his own Bitcoins not him suing to get his own Bitcoins back from them Or in other words what Kjlimo said http://www.bloomberg.com/video/is-the-government-sanctioning-bitcoin-with-auction-fHjpuE_uQcqc9K88fQaR6g.html If money can be made by confiscating then why not in the FBI's opinion it funds the government ;D They won't sell the Weed but they will sell the Ferrari Bentley Motorcycle good old cool stuff in New Jersey Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: erono on June 15, 2014, 06:20:20 AM Yeah I think buying more at the auction is it easier than coming up with capital to play with at bitstamp.
Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: oli123123 on June 15, 2014, 08:16:43 AM Bitcoin currently at $556 on BitStamp. Another 14 days of pain...this really sucks! It's still $556, damn man...Sadly I think things might get alot worse before they start to get better. Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: freedomno1 on June 15, 2014, 08:21:13 AM Bitcoin currently at $556 on BitStamp. Another 14 days of pain...this really sucks! It's still $556, damn man...Sadly I think things might get alot worse before they start to get better. Best get used to it till that auction is settled at least the price may keep low On the bright side I guess there is a second chance for investors to get more Bitcoins at a deal if the price drops a bit further Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: bryant.coleman on June 15, 2014, 03:22:57 PM I have a feeling that someone (maybe GHash or the Bitstamp guys, or maybe some unknown player) is manipulating the Bitcoin exchange rates, in order to buy Bitcoins cheaply from the FBI.
Title: Re: [2014-06-12] WSJ: FBI to Auction Bitcoins on June 27 (Non Paywall) Post by: notthematrix on June 15, 2014, 03:58:54 PM I have a feeling that someone (maybe GHash or the Bitstamp guys, or maybe some unknown player) is manipulating the Bitcoin exchange rates, in order to buy Bitcoins cheaply from the FBI. Simply to manny exchanges to control , Wondering why , karma is a bitch. You cant control an organic decentralized market , and how they feel about the FBI / CIA / NSA for example in china and outside the US. |