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UK may sell over 60000 seized Bitcoins to help plug back "Budget Hole"www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/19/britain-sitting-billions-bitcoin-can-rescue-reeves/
138 sats \ 15 comments \ @Coinsreporter 20 Jul bitcoin
Rachel Reeves could be on the brink of a Bitcoin windfall worth billions as she battles to fill her budget black hole.
The Home Office is working with police forces to sell off a hoard of seized cryptocurrency estimated to be worth at least £5bn in a move that could ease pressure on the beleaguered Chancellor.
Will it also go down as one of the biggest mistakes in recent economic history??
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41 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 20 Jul
Didn’t work out very well for Germany.
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61 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 20 Jul
Neither will be for UK. But the fools run the state, so what else we can expect from them?
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 20 Jul
I expect them to continue to think short term.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 20 Jul
I expect them to announce a recession before 2030. UK is already in deep trouble and the news of deteriorating living standard is absolutely true. The inflation is the highest among G7, no new FDI incoming. UK has really reached on the verge where of they didn't have Seized Bitcoins, they could still sell anything.
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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 20 Jul
If the public seizes a criminal's car, do they keep the car?
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter OP 20 Jul
It's good they don't keep..
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63 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 20 Jul
Agreed. The best thing for everyone is if they just dump it as soon as possible. No one needs sats in the hands of governments.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SqNr65 20 Jul
If the car were the greatest asset in the history of mankind instead of a depreciating illiquid piece of metal then it might be wise for them to do so, yea.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 20 Jul
You don't want these sats?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @standardcrypto 3h
https://old.reddit.com/r/Whatcouldgowrong/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AngryMulbear 20 Jul
If the government is too stupid to build a proper Bitcoin reserve, I'd rather those coins be returned to circulation for the rest of us to stack.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @moptosh 20 Jul
Good idea
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @hasherstacker 20 Jul
I don't think this can happen to self-custodied bitcoins. It becames unconfiscateable.
Not your keys, not your bitcoins.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jer 20 Jul
Decisions could need to be made though. If someone is facing the choice between their freedom and coins.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 20 Jul
Maybe you can sell them, but I don't think that would help plug the budget gap that is growing every day.
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