{"id":157686,"date":"2025-05-20T22:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=157686"},"modified":"2025-05-20T17:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:47:25","slug":"germanys-bitcoin-sale-backfires-as-missed-gains-top-2-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/germanys-bitcoin-sale-backfires-as-missed-gains-top-2-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Bitcoin Sale Backfires as Missed Gains Top $2 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arkham\/status\/1924545668560888243'\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">According<\/a><\/strong> to Arkham Intelligence, the government liquidated nearly 50,000 BTC in mid-2024\u2014just before the crypto market soared.<\/p>\n<p>The Bitcoin, originally seized from the operators of the defunct Movie2k platform, was sold for an average price of $57,900 across several exchanges. That aggressive liquidation, reportedly aimed at maximizing liquidity, netted around $2.89 billion at the time.<\/p>\n<p>But hindsight paints a different picture. With Bitcoin now trading above $104,000, the same holdings would be worth more than $5.2 billion\u2014marking a $2.35 billion opportunity lost.<\/p>\n<style>\n    .dark-mode .read-more {background-color: #343a40 !important;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"read-more pb-3 pt-3 pt-md-2 px-3 my-4 border bg-light\">\n    <h5 class=\"text-uppercase border-bottom mb-3 pb-1 d-none d-md-block\">READ MORE:<\/h5>\n    <a class=\"article row\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/bitcoin-market-patterns-suggest-another-consolidation-phase-may-be-near\/\" title=\"Bitcoin Market Patterns Suggest Another Consolidation Phase May Be Near\">\n        <div class=\"contentRight col-4\">\n            <span class=\"imgContainer mt-0\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image img-defer\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/bitcoinbtcbitcoin-1-240x170.webp\">\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"contentLeft col-8\">\n            <h4 class=\"title mb-0\">Bitcoin Market Patterns Suggest Another Consolidation Phase May Be Near<\/h4>           \n            \n        <\/div>        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arkham\u2019s founder, Miguel Morel, criticized the sale strategy, calling it rushed and poorly executed. He noted that spreading sales across multiple exchanges pointed to a scramble for fast exits rather than price efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation over the government\u2019s offloading had already begun in June 2024, when a wallet associated with the BKA moved 6,500 BTC. The market dipped during the sell-off phase but recovered swiftly once the wallet was empty, suggesting that investor anxiety over more dumping had weighed on prices more than the actual volume sold.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s decision now stands as a cautionary tale of institutional missteps in crypto markets\u2014where timing remains everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany may have cost itself over $2 billion by offloading a massive Bitcoin stash too early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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