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Seized Bitcoin Sold at Direction of U.S. Department of Justice… Possible Violation of 'Strategic Bitcoin Reserve' Executive Order
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- It was later reported that the U.S. government sold about 57.55BTC of bitcoin seized during a criminal investigation.
- It said there is controversy that this sale could be in direct conflict with President Donald Trump's Executive Order EO 14233, i.e., the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
- The market said this case could be a litmus test for the consistency of the U.S. bitcoin policy stance in actual administrative enforcement.
- The article was summarized using an artificial intelligence-based language model.
- Due to the nature of the technology, key content in the text may be excluded or different from the facts.
It was revealed belatedly that the U.S. government sold bitcoin seized during a criminal investigation, raising the possibility that it violated an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
On the 6th (local time), according to Bitcoin Magazine, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), at the direction of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), sold about 57.55BTC seized in connection with the Samourai Wallet case on November 3, 2025, through Coinbase Prime.
The problem is that the measure could be in direct conflict with the intent of Executive Order EO 14233 signed by President Trump.
The executive order stipulates that bitcoin obtained through criminal or civil forfeiture procedures should not be sold on the market, but instead be incorporated into and held as the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
In other words, the core of the executive order is that seized bitcoin should be managed as a national-level strategic asset rather than being converted into cash. Accordingly, if this sale took place after the executive order took effect, there are bound to be questions about procedural and legal consistency.
In the market, some say this case could be a test of how consistently the U.S. bitcoin policy stance is being applied in actual administrative enforcement.
In particular, attention is focused on future explanations from the Department of Justice and related authorities on whether the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plan will remain a symbolic declaration or become established as an actual asset management principle.
