TREE NEWS reports: K33 Research said the US government’s recent transfer of 17,733 BTC to Coinbase Prime is a custody arrangement rather than a sell signal. The moved coins include 12,267 BTC tied to the Bitfinex hack, which remain under the custodian’s control, with only about 1,200 BTC potentially eligible for sale.
K33: US Government’s 17,733 BTC Transfer to Coinbase Prime Is Custody, Not a Sale
The distinction matters because the market has repeatedly treated large government-linked wallet movements as de facto supply events, and K33's read pushes back on that reflex. If most of the transfer is custody rather than liquidation, the immediate overhang narrative is weaker than the headline number suggests. The open question is whether the small slice flagged as potentially sale-eligible is actually disposed of, and how future US government wallet activity gets interpreted by a market that has learned to watch these addresses closely.
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