According to the source, a social-media claim alleges the U.S. Department of Justice seized approximately 127,271 BTC (about $15B) tied to a global pig-butchering scheme involving Cambodia’s Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi; traders should treat this as unverified until confirmed by official documents (source: social-media post; allegation only). For trading decisions, seek verifiable confirmation via a DOJ press release, a filed indictment/forfeiture complaint, or a U.S. Marshals Service disposal notice before repricing BTC supply risk (source: U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Marshals Service). If confirmed, the size would rank alongside prior U.S. government BTC actions, including 69,370 BTC from Silk Road (2020), 50,676 BTC from James Zhong (2022), and roughly 94,000 BTC recovered in the Bitfinex case (2022) (source: U.S. Department of Justice press releases and court filings). Historically, the U.S. has auctioned or otherwise disposed of seized BTC rather than holding it as a strategic reserve, with USMS-run auctions establishing precedent since 2014 and additional disposals in 2023–2024 (source: U.S. Marshals Service notices; DOJ court filings). Trading plan: monitor known government-labeled wallets, justice.gov announcements, and USMS auction calendars; volatility risk typically spikes around transfers from government wallets to exchanges/custodians and auction or sale announcements (source: public blockchain records; U.S. Marshals Service notices).

According to @KookCapitalLLC, the U.S. government sold 668 BTC on Oct 14, 2025. Source: @KookCapitalLLC on X. The U.S. Marshals Service has historically disposed of seized Bitcoin via auctions and broker-assisted sales, including a publicly documented sale of 9,861 BTC from Silk Road seizures in March 2023. Source: U.S. Marshals Service; United States v. James Zhong, SDNY filing (Mar 2023). Traders typically verify such claims by tracking movements from government-labeled wallets to exchanges or brokers on on-chain analytics platforms before adjusting positions. Source: Arkham Intelligence platform documentation. For trade setup, monitor government-labeled wallet outflows, exchange inflow spikes, and the BTC spot-perp basis to assess short-term supply impact when such disposals occur. Source: Arkham Intelligence for wallet labels; CME CF Benchmarks methodology for spot-perpetual dynamics.