Washington DC (AFP): Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday (Feb 3), an AFP review showed, including that of the humanitarian agency USAID which President Donald Trump's administration is shutting down. From a list of nearly 1,400 federal sites provided by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), more than 350 were unavailable on...
The U.S. government is the largest Bitcoin holder among nations worldwide, with approximately $14.7 billion worth of BTC. According to Arkham data, the U.S. government currently holds 212,847 BTC in its treasury wallets, just behind MicroStrategy, which owns 214,246 BTC, which is currently valued at $14.8 billion. Apart from Bitcoin, the U.S. has collected significant quantities of other digital currencies, including Ethereum (ETH)...
The U.S. government wallet has moved Bitcoins previously confiscated from a well-known darknet platform. According to Blockchair, a wallet belonging to the U.S. government transferred Silk Road’s 30,175 Bitcoins (BTC) to cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on April 2. Source: Blockchair At the current price of BTC at around $65,000, the cost of the transfer is approximately $2 billion. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT noted...
