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German Government Entity Moves $24M Bitcoin to Kraken, Coinbase: Arkham
Tuesday’s movements come days after the entity shifted $425 million among wallets, with some bitcoin transferred to exchanges.
Updated Jun 25, 2024, 11:46 a.m. Published Jun 25, 2024, 11:44 a.m.
- The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) transferred $24 million in Bitcoin across two transactions to crypto exchanges Kraken and Coinbase.
- Another $30 million worth of BTC was moved to a new wallet, with previous transfers totaling $195 million in BTC sent to exchanges on June 19 and 20.
A wallet connected to the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) today moved $24 million in bitcoin across two transactions to crypto exchanges Kraken and Coinbase in European morning hours, Arkham data shows.
Another $30 million worth of BTC was moved to a new wallet, which has not been tagged as an exchange as of Tuesday. These transfers are in addition to $130 million in BTC sent to exchanges on June 19 and $65 million in BTC sent on June 20, as previously reported.
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UPDATE: German Government selling additional $24M BTC
— Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) June 25, 2024
In the past 2 hours the German Government has moved 400 BTC to exchange deposits at Kraken and Coinbase.
They have also moved 500 BTC to address 139Po. We have yet to see where these funds are moved. pic.twitter.com/D6QCUv9Jgx
Arkham CEO Miguel More told CoinDesk over Telegram last week that moving to exchanges may indicate an intention to sell the assets.
As such, a $24 million bitcoin sale is a relatively small amount. Over $40 billion worth of BTC exchanged hands in the past 24 hours, CoinGecko data shows. There’s ready liquidity for up to $20 million in a BTC trade on Binance alone – meaning the amount is unlikely to immediately move prices.
The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) seized almost 50,000 BTC, worth over $2 billion at the time, from the operators of Movie2k.to, a film piracy website that was active in 2013.
The BKA received the Bitcoin in mid-January after a ‘voluntary transfer’ from the suspects.
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