By Dumping 50K Seized Bitcoins At The Wrong Time, Germany Lost An Amount Worth More Than Bhutan's And Gambia's GDPs

2024-07-18 496

After weeks of relentless selling, the German government sold off the final tranche of its Bitcoin holdings last Friday. Interestingly enough, the market unexpectedly rose immediately after.

What Happened: Nearly 50,000 Bitcoins recovered from asset seizures were dumped by the government in the last three weeks, exerting significant downside pressure on the price of the digital currency.