Next US Marshals Bitcoin Auction Could Be Held in Q1
The US Marshals Service has revealed it expects its next bitcoin auction to take place in Q1 of 2015.
A winner of the latest US Marshals bitcoin auction may have been identified by blockchain and crowdsourced analysis.
New York-based bitcoin exchange itBit secured 3,000 BTC during the latest USMS bitcoin auction.
The U.S. Marshals Service plans to auction more than 4,000 bitcoin, worth about $37.7 million at press time, later this month.
The US Marshals Service (USMS) has announced that 14 bidders participated in today's auction of 50,000 BTC.
The US Marshals will auction $11.85m in bitcoins in connection with a civil forfeiture action against and the criminal conviction of Ross Ulbricht.