The US Marshals Service (USMS) has completed an auction of just over 4,040 seized Bitcoins.previously law enforcement. Digital assets went to two winners, reports The Block.
Office February 18 put up for auction 4040.54 BTC worth about $ 39 million at the time of publication. Digital assets were divided into four lots, dividing into 2500, 1000, 500 and 40.54 coins. The first three lots were further divided into separate blocks.
According to a USMS representative, during the eventThe two winners «won a total of 50 Bitcoins and approximately 3990.6». 18 participants registered to participate in the auction; 38 applications were received during the auction.
«The transfer of bitcoins to the winners is completed»,- he clarified.
This is not the first auction to sell the first cryptocurrency organized by USMS - last fall the agency sold 660 BTC.
Recall, for the first time in a similar way, the service soldin 2014, 30,000 bitcoins confiscated from the darknet site Silk Road. All lots put up for auction were bought by well-known venture investor Tim Draper.
He recently called for the release of Silk Road founder, who is serving a life sentence. According to the investor, Ross Ulbricht is able to freely benefit society.
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