{"id":430862,"date":"2024-07-04T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=430862"},"modified":"2025-06-09T00:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:07:07","slug":"justin-sun-eyes-2-3-billion-german-bitcoin-stash-despite-community-skepticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/justin-sun-eyes-2-3-billion-german-bitcoin-stash-despite-community-skepticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Sun eyes $2.3 billion German Bitcoin stash despite community skepticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/justin-sun\/\">Justin Sun<\/a> claims to be interested in buying the German government's extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> stash, estimated to be valued at $2.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In a July 4 statement on X, the Tron founder <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/1808828661401072092\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am willing to negotiate with the German government to purchase all BTC off-market in order to minimize the impact on the market.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The German authorities acquired the BTC holdings earlier in the year when they <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/german-authorities-seize-record-2-17-billion-in-bitcoin-from-piracy-website\/\">seized <\/a>nearly 50,000 BTC from the piracy site Movie2k.to.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the government began <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/germany-intensifies-bitcoin-sell-off-before-5-rebound-in-market-rally\/\">divesting some of these assets<\/a> via centralized exchanges like Coinbase, Bitstamp, and Kraken. As of press time, it had sold the Bitcoin to a balance of 40,359 BTC, worth $2.3 billion, according to the Arkham Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/platform.arkhamintelligence.com\/explorer\/entity\/germany\">dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Market experts pointed out that these activities had further exacerbated the current selling pressure on the flagship digital asset, which has declined by around 20% during the past 30 days to a two-month low of $57,089.<\/p>\n<h2>Community reacts<\/h2>\n<p>While several community members welcomed Sun's intention, some <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/functi0nZer0\/status\/1808830516646273335\">pointed out<\/a> that the tweet follows his pattern of &#8220;inserting himself in the story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mikko Ohtamaa, the CEO of Trading Strategy, opined that while Sun has the personal funds to pull off the deal, any European government would be unwilling to sell to a non-compliant buyer to prevent the assets from returning to criminals. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/moo9000\/status\/1808831052095574375\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Mr Sun has $7 billion in his personal assets, so he could actually pull this off. However any EU government is unwilling to sell to non-compliant buyer (BTC would return to the hands of criminals).&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/simon-dixon\/\">Simon Dixon<\/a>, the CEO of BnkToTheFuture, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SimonDixonTwitt\/status\/1808845177273847941\">questioned<\/a> if Sun could pass the due diligence involved in the transaction process.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, Sun has faced considerable <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/u-s-court-summons-justin-sun-over-sec-charges\/\">legal challenges<\/a>, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sec-claims-justin-suns-alleged-visits-to-us-grant-it-personal-jurisdiction-to-pursue-legal-action\/\">alleging<\/a> that he and his companies violated local securities law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Sun claims to be interested in buying the German government&#8217;s extensive Bitcoin stash, estimated to be valued at $2.3 billion. 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