The U.S. Department of Justice has transferred roughly $805,000 in cryptocurrency seized from the collapsed FTX exchange to newly created wallets and the Coinbase platform, according to on-chain data tracked by blockchain monitoring firm LookOnChain. The latest movement marks a continuation of the government's systematic liquidation strategy for assets confiscated during the criminal prosecution of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
The transferred assets span multiple digital tokens including Bitcoin (BTC), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Civic (CVC), Yearn Finance (YFI), 0x Protocol (ZRX), iExec (RLC), Curve DAO (CRV), Golem (GLM), Synthetix (SNX), and UMA. This latest transaction follows a $4.5 million transfer of FTX-seized holdings executed previously, indicating the government is methodically moving through its custody portfolio in tranches.
The use of Coinbase for asset transfers signals the government's reliance on major regulated exchanges to facilitate the sale of confiscated digital assets. This approach allows U.S. authorities to convert seized cryptocurrency into fiat currency while maintaining compliance with custody and liquidation procedures required in high-profile criminal cases.