Elon Musk dropping a hint about Bitcoin's creator
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Bitcoin is owned by our intelligence agencies. It has been since 2013.
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2013/manhattan-u.s.-attorney-announces-seizure-of-additional-28-million-worth-of-bitcoins-belonging-to-ross-william-ulbricht-alleged-owner-and-operator-of-silk-road-website
They own some bitcoin. The market cap is 801 billion right now. 28 million is a drop in the bucket.
Article is from 2013 bud; you're using market analytics from today against dollar values from 2013. The number of Bitcoins in that one seizure of 173,991 Bitcoins.
In other words, that one seizure is over 7 billion dollars' worth today, not counting what they've done with it and the coins from numerous other 'holders' whose assets were seized.