Galaxy Research Director: Among the 518 Bitcoin addresses sanctioned by the United States, approximately 9,306 BTC are still held.

ME News message, April 18 (UTC+8): Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn disclosed data on the X platform that, over the past few years, the United States has listed a total of 518 Bitcoin addresses on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) SDN sanctions list. These addresses have received approximately 249,814 BTC in total, and have sent out 239,708 BTC; they currently have a net holding of about 9,306 BTC, which is approximately $707 million based on current prices. (Source: PANews)
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HodlBystander
· 10h ago
Only 700 million dollars are frozen across 518 addresses, averaging 1.3 million dollars per address. There aren't many large accounts.
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OrigamiMountainsAndRivers
· 11h ago
249k enters, 239k exits, indicating sanctions have a lag, and those fleeing are faster than those caught
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GlassCityAfterTheRain
· 11h ago
The matter of OFAC sanctions on on-chain addresses—both their legal effect and their actual enforcement strength—has always been a mystery.
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