Arkham Intelligence reports that the copyright infringement website Movie2K still owns 45,000 BTC. This is reported by the German government “failed to seize” as part of the forfeiture of nearly 50,000 BTC in early 2024.
In a tweet, Arkham revealed that he has identified additional Bitcoin wallet It may be part of Movie 2k, which was run between 2008 and 2013.
Destruction: Arkham identifies $5 billion BTC that the German government could not seize
German police seized 49,858 BTC in early 2024 from the operator of Movie2K, a website in the movie copyright industry. The government sold in July 2024 at an average price of $57,900 for $28.9 billion.
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According to the post, the data platform and Exchange described “found another Bitcoin cluster” connected to the original haul, and this new BTC tranche is now worth $5 billion.
“We discovered a cluster of 45,000 Bitcoin that remained touched until November 2013, moved to a new address from November 2013 to January 2019.” Decryption.
Morel added that the “activity patterns” of the new cluster matched “exactly.” Bitcoin It was seized last year by German police, and movements in both clusters ” occur within days” of each other.
“In addition, both clusters share similar origins and received their first Bitcoin through the same disability exchanges, Gox and Anxpro Mountain,” he said.
According to Morel, there are other similarities, such as the address type they use and the amount of Bitcoin stored at each address.
“Based on these parallel behavior and shared properties, I am very confident that this cluster belongs to Movie 2K or its operators,” he concluded.
Germany's $5.62 billion Bitcoin Fumble
The German government began selling the original movie 2k Bitcoin in June 2024, which was worth just over $3 billion (2.6 billion euros).
At the time, Dresden prosecutors called the haul “unprecedented.” If they had been waiting to make a sale until today, the government would have generated $5.62 billion in revenue.
Decryption We contacted the Federal Criminal Police Station (BKA) for comments and asked if they were aware of the newly identified Bitcoin and if they intended to take relevant actions.
An agency spokesman said Decryption It was “as a general rule, we have not commented on the investigation.”
The original seizing of 49,858 BTC took place in January 2024 via a “voluntary transfer” from Movie2K operators.
Two men, a Polish citizen and another German citizen, were charged with counts of copyright infringement, money laundering and tax avoidance.
Both men were able to secure suspended sentences, in part to provide confessions and in part to provide information leading to the identification of additional suspects.
