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<p class="is-style-lead">German authorities sold 10,567 BTC worth $600 million today, significantly contributing to an 18% drop in Bitcoin’s price over the past month, alongside sell-offs from Mt. Gox and Genesis Trading.</p>
<p>As of 1:00 p.m. EST, Thursday, July 11, the wallets linked to German authorities hold a remaining 4,925 BTC, currently valued at $285 million. This marks more than a 90% decrease in BTC held, down from the 50,000 BTC worth nearly $3 billion when they started selling the assets three weeks ago. BTC has corrected roughly 18% since Germany began their Bitcoin liquidation.</p>
<p>German authorities’ Bitcoin wallets transferred 10,567 BTC worth over $600 million today to exchanges like Bitstamp, Coinbase, and Kraken, as well as other service providers, according to <a href="https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/entity/germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">blockchain data from Arkham Intelligence</a>.</p>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">👀JUST IN: The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Bitcoin</a> stash of the State of Saxony, Germany, is melting down to ZERO! They just sent another 2,000 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a> to different exchanges like <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Coinbase?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Coinbase</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitstamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Bitstamp</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kraken?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Kraken</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flowtraders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Flowtraders</a> a few minutes ago. With only 4,925 BTC left in the Wallet, this selling spree could… <a href="https://t.co/Nyb5gqmDKu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/Nyb5gqmDKu</a></p>— Stefan Luebeck (@CryptoEva) <a href="https://twitter.com/CryptoEva/status/1811440023709069702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">July 11, 2024</a>
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<p>Earlier in June, crypto.news reported that the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) originally seized about 50,000 BTC from the operators of the popular piracy movie website Movie2k.to in 2013. The BKA obtained the Bitcoin in mid-January after receiving a “voluntary transfer” from the suspects.</p>
<p>Tron founder Justin Sun recently proposed <a href="https://crypto.news/justin-sun-teases-willingness-to-negotiate-with-germany/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">to buy the country’s Bitcoin</a> to minimize market damage.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="sell-off-fears">Sell-off fears</h2>
<p>Even though Germany appears to be nearing the end of its sell-off, other entities still need to sell their BTC.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="https://crypto.news/more-than-10-years-since-the-collapse-of-mt-gox-users-confirm-reimbursements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mt. Gox</a>, which was one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges until it collapsed in 2014, began repaying its creditors after a decade-long process. This payout involves over 140,000 BTC, 143,000 Bitcoin Cash, and 69 billion Japanese yen, totaling approximately $9 billion.</p>
<p>Many analysts <a href="https://crypto.news/mt-gox-is-a-thorn-in-bitcoins-side-analyst-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">were concerned</a> that the unexpected increase in the supply of BTC in the market would lead to significant downward pressure on prices. They feared that many creditors would sell off their holdings to lock in profits.</p>
<p>Adding to the pressure, Genesis Trading has also been actively selling BTC over the last month. Genesis has been liquidating assets, contributing to the increased selling pressure on the market.&nbsp;</p>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">are you serious<br><br>I cannot believe that Genesis is now selling their $2B worth of Bitcoin<br><br>We're not even finished with Germany FFS <a href="https://t.co/GhW3uUjYjV" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/GhW3uUjYjV</a></p>— gumshoe (@0xGumshoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/0xGumshoe/status/1811451969535639760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">July 11, 2024</a>
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<p>These <a href="https://crypto.news/mt-gox-and-the-german-government-sunk-the-crypto-market/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">combined activities from Mt. Gox</a> and Genesis Trading — coupled with German selling — have exacerbated Bitcoin’s recent price decline, which has already seen an 18% drop in the past month.&nbsp;</p>

Germany’s BTC selling nears an end with only 4,925 Bitcoin left to transfer

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