Yes, US Marshal Service (USMS) is almost certainly selling silk road bitcoin. Joey is right (at least in the present). USMS has been sending BTC to a custodial address required by the terms of the servicing agreement that USMS entered into with Coinbase in June. Given the agreement requires USMS assets remain completely segregated, whenever a transfer is ultimately made to CB prime (or other commingled exchange address), you can be sure USMS has already sold or is selling imminently.

Official confirmation will definitively come (at the latest) upon the DOJ's Asset Forfeiture Program FY2024 report in January, if not earlier. I also don't think it's a coincidence this began in earnest following the Trump speech. Sadly also foreseeable based on the DOJ OIG audit report, USMS "cryptocurrency services agreement" RFP and certain court orders. Biden-Harris might choose to pause in this interim period, but I suspect they will not.

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