Blockchain evaluation agency Arkham has revealed that the German authorities was unable to grab all Bitcoin belongings linked to the pirate film web site Movie2K.
In early 2024, German police seized roughly 49,858 BTC from the homeowners of Movie2K, a platform that was lively in 2013 and whose executives had been arrested in 2019. These belongings had been handed over to the state through a “voluntary switch” in January 2024. The German authorities generated $2.89 billion (€2.64 billion) by promoting these Bitcoins at a mean value of $57,900 between June and July 2024. Authorities cited a “threat of a ten% or better lack of worth” as the explanation for the sale.
Nonetheless, in response to Arkham’s newest evaluation, one other Bitcoin cluster linked to Movie2K remains to be value round 45,000 BTC. These belongings, value round $5 billion at present costs, have reportedly been dormant since 2019 and are distributed throughout greater than 100 totally different wallets.
Whereas the German authorities’s official statements don’t point out these further Bitcoin holdings, the funds in query are thought to nonetheless be beneath the management of Movie2K homeowners.
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