BITWU.ETH 🔆|1月 05, 2026 03:44
Has Venezuela's $60 billion Bitcoin shadow reserve been released? Is the United States going to confiscate it again? Will it be a huge smash?
This is the first reaction of many people after seeing this message.
After searching, the volume of this batch of Bitcoin has not been officially confirmed yet, but after 2018, Venezuela was almost completely kicked out of the US dollar settlement system. It can sell oil but cannot receive US dollars, so the credibility of switching to U+BTC is still relatively high.
You can return to a more practical analysis framework:
If it really exists, are there any conditions for smashing the disk?
We can deduce from three points: who can sell, whether there is motivation to sell, and whether it can sell quickly.
one ⃣ First, let's take a look at the first point: who can sell?
If these bitcoins really exist, they are either controlled by the multi-layered control system of the Venezuelan regime or have partially entered the gray or cold wallet structure.
In any case, they are not assets that can be transferred at any time in the exchange account, let alone sellable inventory directly and clearly controlled by a single judicial entity like in Germany.
Even if the United States intervenes, the realistic path is more likely to be a legal freeze, judicial competition, and long-term game, rather than immediately obtaining enforceable selling rights.
two ⃣ Second point: Do you have the motivation to sell?
From Venezuela's perspective, the purpose of this batch of Bitcoin is to avoid freezing, bypass sanctions, and retain settlement capabilities.
If we sell BTC now and exchange it for US dollars, stablecoins, or other financial assets, it is essentially exposing ourselves back to the system we were supposed to avoid - this is logically self denial.
From the perspective of the United States, there is also a lack of immediate motivation to sell.
In the past, the sale of coins in the United States was to handle judicial assets with clear ownership;
But in the current political environment, selling such a huge batch of BTC cannot completely solve the financial problem, and will create huge fluctuations in the market, instead weakening its own initiative in the narrative of "strategic Bitcoin reserves".
three ⃣ The third and most crucial point is whether it can be sold quickly?
Let's start with a basic fact: the United States does not have the technological capability to directly 'confiscate' Bitcoin.
It can only do two things——
Declare it illegal, or force relevant personnel to hand over their private keys through interrogation and transactions.
If this batch of bitcoins adopts a national level multi signature, decentralized authority, and geographical isolation structure, even if many key figures are captured, it may not be possible to piece together complete control.
Even under the most extreme assumption that the US has truly pieced together the complete private key in some way, BTC of this size cannot be directly injected into the market like exchange assets.
Any rational disposal method can only be a multi-year batch, off-site, and negotiated approach, rather than a one-time market shock.
In other words, I believe it does not have the conditions for sudden release pressure.
If a batch of national level BTC cannot be sold, moved, and remains in a state of competition and freezing for a long time, can it be considered as having been effectively locked out of the circulation layer?
I think we should think more about this issue, as the result may be opposite to what you imagined!
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