US Marshals: Final Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Likely for 2015
The US Marshals Service (USMS) has revealed it is likely to auction off any remaining bitcoins confiscated from convicted Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht sometime in 2015. In total, the USMS seized more than 144,000 BTC (then worth $122m) from Ulbricht in late 2013 along with 29,655 BTC held in wallets on the online black market at the time of its closure. The event will be the final auction involving bitcoins from the Silk Road investigation, with 44,336 BTC ($10m at press time) being offered up to prospective investors. A spokesperson for the USMS told CoinDesk: "We still don't have....
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The much awaited bitcoin auction by the United States Marshals Service is finally over. The US Marshals Service, in possession of confiscated bitcoins from the Silk Road investigation auctioned the last of them earlier on Thursday. Thursday's auction had about 44,341 bitcoins worth $17.21 million out for bidding by those who had earlier registered with the US Marshals Service. According to reports, the online auction saw 11 bidders bidding 30 times over a span of six hours. Completion of the latest auction signifies liquidation of all the bitcoins seized from the wallets belonging to Silk....
Over the past year, the U. S. Marshals Service (USMS ) has auctioned off a large part of the bitcoin that had been confiscated as a result of the Silk Road investigation. The USMS will hold the final auction for 44,341 bitcoin seized as a result of the criminal conviction and civil forfeiture against Ross Ulbricht. At today's market price, the bitcoin are worth about $15 million. During the course of the investigation, the USMS seized more than 144,000 BTC from Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road marketplace. At the moment of seizure, the bitcoin were worth about $122 million. In....
The end of an era has been reached. The final Silk Road bitcoin auction took place on Thursday, November 5th and unfortunately, the results couldn’t be more disappointing. Much like “Lost,” “Dexter” and “The X-Files,” this exciting series administered and organized by the US Marshals Service (USMS) has delivered a real flop for its finale, with a mere eleven participants placing bets and going through the motions. This marks the lowest number of bidders since the second auction that took place nearly a year ago in December of 2014.
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has announced the final auction of 44,341 BTC seized from Ross Ulbricht during the Silk Road investigation, which will take place during a six-hour period on November 5 and will accept only cash in exchange for the coins. The bitcoins will be offered in 22 blocks; 21 blocks of 2,000 bitcoins and 1 block of 2,341 in an online auction. The registration will start on October 19 and run until November 2. The current batch of bitcoin being auctioned by the U.S. Marshals Service will be the last remaining bitcoins “in its custody in connection with the criminal....
The fourth and final US Marshals (USMS) auction of bitcoins confiscated during the investigation into online black market Silk Road drew only 11 bidders today, the lowest total since the second auction held in December 2014. The government agency indicated that 11 registered bidders submitted a total of 30 bids on 22 blocks of bitcoins during today's auction. Twenty-one of the blocks were for 2,000 BTC (valued at $790,000 at press time), while the final block included 2,341 BTC (roughly $926,200). Participation was once again down sharply from the first auction of nearly 30,000 BTC held in....