US Marshals Service Sells $6.3M Bitcoin Seized from Samourai Wallet Developers

The statement is assessed as likely true based on a strong consensus across multiple sources, including the one with the highest authority. A mainstream financial news outlet (Yahoo Finance) directly reports that the U.S. Marshals Service sold approximately $6 million in Bitcoin seized from Samourai Wallet's co-founders. This core claim is echoed by a majority of the other provided sources, which consistently cite the same entity (U.S. Marshals Service), the same origin of the funds (Samourai Wallet developers), and the same approximate value ($6.3 million).While many of these reports use cautionary language such as "allegedly" or frame the event as an "unconfirmed claim," the consistency of the reporting lends significant weight to the statement. Furthermore, several sources discuss the potential illegality of the sale, which presupposes that the sale did, in fact, occur.A key piece of conflicting evidence comes from a report claiming that on-chain data analysis shows "no proof" of the sale. Another source also questions the validity of the sale claim. However, an absence of on-chain proof is not definitive evidence that a sale did not happen, as transactions can be structured in complex ways. This counter-evidence is outweighed by the volume and authority of the sources reporting the sale. Therefore, the balance of evidence strongly supports the conclusion that the sale likely took place as described.