According to Arkham Intelligence, the US government still has more than 198,000 bitcoin. That is around $ 23.4 billion in digital portfolios for different agencies.
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A recent public spreadsheet showed only 28,988,356 BTC under the Marshals Service. But looking at FBI, IRS, DEA and the attacks of the Ministry of Justice, the total leap makes much higher.
Government stock spread over agencies
Based on reports from the Marshals Service, 28,988,356 BTC – WORTH about $ 3.45 billion – have been under control since July 15, 2025.
Other agencies do not share that data publicly. They manage coins of crime probes and price auctions. Arkham collected on -chain data and linked addresses that are linked to each desk. When added, the total hits affects at least 198,012 BTC.
Has the US government just sold 170,000 BTC ($ 20 billion)?
No. She mentions this response Freedom of Information Response of the US Marshals Service (USMS) as 28,988 BTC ($ 3.4 billion), but other departments of the American government grab and also keep Bitcoin, including the FBI, … https://t.co/8kpjwykct9 pic.twitter.com/ub7ejucvz
– Arkham (@arkham) July 23, 2025
In everyday terms that the US is a huge bitcoin “Whale” that still owns around 198,000 BTC. It is not only with the Marshals service.
The rest is spread in hidden bags. Those coins have not moved in the last four months. Traders who only saw the Marshal number became panicked.
Senator Cynthia Lummis even warned that it would be a “total strategic blunder” if the reserves really fall below 30,000 BTC.
Arkham: The US government currently has at least 198,000 BTC ($ 23.5 billion) on several addresses held by different government arms. None of this has moved for 4 months. pic.twitter.com/nhwwewqhmh
– Wu Blockchain (@wublockchain) July 24, 2025
Large cases make up most companies
A huge chunk – 114,599 BTC – came from the Bitfinex Hack Case 2016 against Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan. That transport alone has more than $ 13.65 billion.
Silk -related attacks add approximately 94,643 BTC. That breaks out in 51,680 BTC of the theft of James Zhong and 69,370 BTC linked to another hacker, sometimes called “individual X”.
Other cases help fill the total. Arkham saw $ 81.25 million in BTC from the Binance accounts of Alameda Research after FTX collapsed.
Another $ 79.50 million came from Hashflare -Casters Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin. Even small hits such as 58.7 BTC from the Ryan Farace case appear in the chain records.
The sale has not been a nuclear offer
The US sold 9,861 BTC worth around $ 215 million in March 2023 of the Zhong case. In August 2024, another 10,000 BTC went for $ 594 million.
In December 2024, 10,000 BTC was sold for around $ 968 million. Despite that activity, the most important piles of Bitfinex and Silk Road have not been moved. Those coins are still where taking agencies left them behind.
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Without a single public ledger, every new Foia release arouses new rumors. Some traders jumped to the Marshal figure and rode the prices up or down on the news.
But knowing the real 198,000 BTC figure could calm that down. A Masterdashboard, updated in almost real -time, would help to reduce the drama when auctions around rolls.
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