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Charlie and Colin dive deep into investigative journalism that reveals the US government's Bitcoin holdings are far more complex than anyone realized. After a $10K bounty led to a FOIA request, we discovered the US Marshals Service holds just 29,000 Bitcoin - not the 200,000 widely reported. We explore seized vs forfeited assets, government custody practices, and why Senator Lummis got it wrong.

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**Notes:**

• US Marshals hold 29,000 Bitcoin worth $3.4B

• Arkham shows 198,000 Bitcoin for US government

• US sold 195,000 Bitcoin for $366.5M total

• Bitfinex hack involved 94,000 seized Bitcoin

• Government peak holdings: 237K Bitcoin (2022)

• $10K bounty offered for Marshal data

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:47 Lola investigates

05:27 29k BTC

11:03 Politicians enter the chat

17:47 Government custody providers

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