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legendary
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Mt Gox coins? Sold by the USA Gov? Last I heard (most of) the Mt Gox coins were nowhere to be found, and the coins sold by the USA were the ones from Silk Road...

Oops you are right, that was a huge fail from me sorry about that.

Different cases Smiley Mt Gox coins, if found are (supposedly) going to their right owners. Silk Road coins were seized for alleged criminal activities and afterwards auctioned, as per US law.
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Mt Gox coins? Sold by the USA Gov? Last I heard (most of) the Mt Gox coins were nowhere to be found, and the coins sold by the USA were the ones from Silk Road...

Oops you are right, that was a huge fail from me sorry about that.
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1012
Mt Gox coins? Sold by the USA Gov? Last I heard (most of) the Mt Gox coins were nowhere to be found, and the coins sold by the USA were the ones from Silk Road...
legendary
Activity: 1372
Merit: 1252
customers on mtgox lost millions, so the usa government confiscated them and sold them, is that money going to the victims or does the government keep it all?

I have a feeling the government keeps it all and if thats true, that is really really fucked up, its basically a scammer(mtgox) stealing from a scammer(usa government not giving to the victims and keeping for themselves) isn't it?
As far as I know, the goverment puts auctions and just make a bid and whoever wants to buy them buy them (obviousy I guess you need to meet certain criteria like, being a US citizen and not being a criminal etc). They are probably too stupid to realize its value and sell all of it for dollar and don't keep any for long term.
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customers on mtgox lost millions, so the usa government confiscated them and sold them, is that money going to the victims or does the government keep it all?

I have a feeling the government keeps it all and if thats true, that is really really fucked up, its basically a scammer(mtgox) stealing from a scammer(usa government not giving to the victims and keeping for themselves) isn't it?
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