After weeks of sell pressure and crypto community dread, the German government is approaching the end of its multi-billion dollar Bitcoin market dumping campaign.
Back in June, Europe’s economic powerhouse held 50,000 BTC—worth $2.8 billion at today’s price—in its government wallets, seized from the proprietors of film piracy site Movie2k in January of this year. As of today, blockchain sleuths say the government has moved the vast majority of those funds out of its digital wallet.
But as of this writing, on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence points to just 4,925 BTC remaining in the German government’s wallets, or about $284 million worth at the current price. German officials made a number of transfers to exchanges and market makers early Thursday.
These venues—to which the government has sent billions of dollars in Bitcoin since June 20—include the biggest crypto industry names like Kraken, Coinbase, and Bitstamp, alongside wealth management Cumberland and other addresses suspected of being over-the-counter or institutional trading desks.
Amid an apparent selloff that rapidly accelerated over the last two days, the German government has reduced its Bitcoin holdings to less than $1 billion as of Wednesday.
Germany has moved substantial amounts of Bitcoin from its wallets to various crypto exchanges and market markets in recent days, following slower movements in previous weeks. This selloff comes just a month after the government held approximately $3.46 billion in BTC as of June 10.
According to data from Arkham Intelligence, the...
Outflows began at a relatively moderate pace but started ramping up earlier this week as the government sent out $900 million from its wallet on Monday alone.
Given that those coins have been directed toward trading platforms, most analysts assume they’re being dumped on the market, contributing to a wave of sell pressure that’s stifled Bitcoin’s price in recent weeks. Trading for $57,660 on Thursday, BTC is down 13% over the last month.
UPDATE: The German Government is running out of Bitcoin.
The German Government just sent another 5000 BTC ($286.44M) to Flow Traders, Coinbase, Kraken, Bitstamp, 139Po and bc1qu.
Today, they have transferred 10627 BTC ($615.33M) in total to market makers and exchanges.
Simply transferring Bitcoin from its wallets to exchange doesn’t necessarily indicate that the funds were then ultimately liquidated. The government has at times had Bitcoin returned to its wallet after sending those funds to an exchange, such as Kraken.
Nevertheless, the state’s net balance is on a fast track to zero, signaling that the government’s looming threat to crash the market may soon be history. And some bullish Bitcoin investors believe Germany is missing out on potential future gains by liquidating these assets now.
“In a few years, this will be looked back on as one of the biggest geopolitical blunders of all time,” tweeted Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards. “It will be studied in universities.”
Germany is unloading another $1/2B clip of Bitcoin.
In a few years, this will be looked back on as one of the biggest geopolitical blunders of all time. It will be studied in universities. pic.twitter.com/QCPuP03XwC
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