> […] framing previous sales of seized crypto has having "lost" billions of dollars due to the value of those projects later increasing - as if it would have an

> […] framing previous sales of seized crypto has having "lost" billions of dollars due to the value of those projects later increasing - as if it would have any value to the government if it weren't sold at all. And this is not only true for cryptocurrencies but for money in general: having a bunch of coins or bills or a number associated with your bank account is not the point of money. The point of money is to buy goods and services that make life possible and enjoyable. Certainly one needs some amount of money just sitting around as an emergency (or retirement) fund so you can sleep without worry about unpleasant possible future events (job loss, car breakdown, etc), but you're (generally) supposed to get money to spend it. Having a bunch of cryptocurrency assets sitting around is generally just as useless.