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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2936770, member: 39"]The biggest single BTC "owner" could be Bulgaria. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Back in May, the government confiscated bank documents, computers, €5m ... and more than 200,000 bitcoin. The reason was a strike against organized crime - malware had been installed on customs computers. This way the criminals avoided paying import fees. Not a big deal, you may say - except that the government now has $3 bn in BTC.</p><p><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/bulgarian-government-sitting-3-billion-bitcoin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coindesk.com/bulgarian-government-sitting-3-billion-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.coindesk.com/bulgarian-government-sitting-3-billion-bitcoin/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Oops, that figure was based on a $15,524 price. Make that 4 billion then. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note the inverted commas. Bulgaria is not the rightful owner at this stage, as the investigations have not been completed yet. But the mere idea that the country could soon have lots of BTC is interesting ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2936770, member: 39"]The biggest single BTC "owner" could be Bulgaria. :) Back in May, the government confiscated bank documents, computers, €5m ... and more than 200,000 bitcoin. The reason was a strike against organized crime - malware had been installed on customs computers. This way the criminals avoided paying import fees. Not a big deal, you may say - except that the government now has $3 bn in BTC. [url]https://www.coindesk.com/bulgarian-government-sitting-3-billion-bitcoin/[/url] Oops, that figure was based on a $15,524 price. Make that 4 billion then. ;) Note the inverted commas. Bulgaria is not the rightful owner at this stage, as the investigations have not been completed yet. But the mere idea that the country could soon have lots of BTC is interesting ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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