Bitcoin Sold?! 😱 They Didn’t Listen!

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A chill wind blows across the digital steppes. One feels it in the pit of the stomach, this gnawing doubt that even the most ironclad decree, the most carefully considered order, is as fragile as spun glass in the hands of… bureaucracy. The latest evidence arrives not in a dramatic pronouncement, but a quiet accounting. A lamentable depletion of a reserve that should have been growing, not shrinking.

It is said – and the whispers are growing louder, more insistent – that the Department of Justice, in a move that smacks of… shortsightedness… has disposed of $6.3 million worth of Bitcoin, seized from those unfortunate souls who dared to build a different financial structure. Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, their names now etched into the stone of unintended consequences. A paltry sum, perhaps, in the grand scheme of things, but a symbol. A symbol of what? A lack of foresight? A disdain for the directives emanating from the highest office? 🧐

Executive Order 14233, a document supposedly intended to secure a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve,” now hangs like a tattered flag. Did it mean nothing? Did the clerks, consumed by their ledgers and procedures, simply… forget? Or, and this is the more unsettling possibility, did they actively circumvent it?

The Senator’s Rebuke

Senator Lummis, a voice of reason (a rare commodity these days, one might add) has spoken, her concerns echoing across the digital landscape. One can almost picture her, brow furrowed, demanding an explanation. “Why,” she asks, her voice ringing with justifiable indignation, “do we continue to squander these assets while others prepare for the future?” A question that demands an answer! It is frustrating, is it not, to witness such folly? Like watching a man saw off the branch he’s sitting on. 🪵

Why is the U.S. gov still liquidating bitcoin when @POTUS explicitly directed these assets be preserved for our Strategic Bitcoin Reserve? We can’t afford to squander these strategic assets while other nations are accumulating bitcoin. I’m deeply concerned about this report.

– Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) January 6, 2026

She recalls past auctions, those humiliating episodes where Bitcoin was sold at a loss, a clumsy attempt to capitalize on a market the government clearly did not understand. It reminds one of a peasant attempting to operate a complex machine – well-intentioned, perhaps, but ultimately destructive.

The Path of the Coin

The details, as always, are shrouded in a carefully constructed ambiguity. The Bitcoin, transferred to the U.S. Marshals Service, was then… spirited away to Coinbase Prime. A sanitized route, one suspects, designed to obscure the true nature of the transaction. Vanished. Dissipated. As if it never existed in the first place. 👻 The address, now barren, speaks volumes. This action, it is alleged, directly violates the spirit – and perhaps the letter – of the Executive Order.

The Shadow of SDNY

The Southern District of New York, that independent principality within the judicial system! It operates, it seems, by a set of rules all its own. And even the directives from the Deputy Attorney General, instructing a gentler approach to non-custodial crypto services, appear to have been… politely ignored. This case, the Samourai matter, was pursued with a zeal that borders on obsession. Why? One begins to suspect motives beyond mere legal compliance.

Rumors and Implications

And what of the former President? Is he aware of this… discrepancy? Will he intervene? There are whispers of a possible pardon for Rodriguez, a small gesture that would nonetheless send a powerful message. Will the administration choose to reaffirm its commitment to a decentralized future, or will it succumb to the forces of control and centralization? The answer, my friends, remains elusive. It all feels so… Kafkaesque. 🐌 A labyrinth of regulations, procedures, and unanswered questions. One shudders to think what the future holds. It is a bleak picture, indeed.

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2026-01-06 11:18