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doesnt US hold like billions of dollars worth of bitcoin and other crypto that have been "siezed" over time? 'when' US sells these, wouldnt it be making a prof

• puchatek 3y ago
  Are you talking about crypto assets seized from criminals? Because it should be obvious that that's completely different from a state-run worldwide hacking operation.
  • 2Gkashmiri 3y ago
    no. gains from holding on to assets as opposed to disposing off the siezed assets at market value at the spot.
• omneity 3y ago
  There’s an argument to be made that asset seizure and hacking wallets are not quite the same thing.
  • Scoundreller 3y ago
    NK needs to pass some laws making crypto wallets outside of NK illegal. Then it can all be categorized under asset seizure.
    • romwell 3y ago
      >NK needs to pass some laws making crypto wallets outside of NK illegal. Then it can all be categorized under asset seizure. Sure, it would be seizure anywhere they have jurisdiction. Which isn't anywhere outside NK, rendering that point moot.
      • Scoundreller 3y ago
        You’re overthinking this. Just need to pass a law and then anything on the internet anywhere is fair game. https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-gchq-get-foreign-hacking-authority/amp/ https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-gchq-get-foreign-hacking-au...
      • capableweb 3y ago
        Wouldn't it be enough that someone located not-in-the-US to do any sort of business with a person in the US, for the US government to now consider that part of their jurisdiction and get involved? Just one random example from Wikipedia, but there are a bunch more cases of the US acting "outside of their jurisdiction": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_Sky_Global https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_Sky_Global Similarly, I guess North Korea could look at things the same way.