The French government has auctioned off a collection of seized Bitcoin—and one bidder inexplicably paid five times over the current price of BTC for a lot.
An unknown participant in the auction, in which the French government sold $34.5 million worth of Bitcoin seized during the investigation of the 2019 GateHub hack, paid €26,800 ($31,900) for a lot of 0.11 BTC.
French Government to Auction Seized Bitcoin Worth $34.5 Million
As revealed by popular French crypto reporter Grégory Raymond, at Bitcoin’s current prices, the buyer paid five times more than the actual value of the lot.
Le plus drôle étant premier lot de 0,11 $BTC (valeur actuelle 5160 euros) qui s’est arraché à… 26.800 euros !
Champion pic.twitter.com/e4L6iJNGdc
— Grégory Raymond (@gregory_raymond) March 17, 2021
With BTC currently changing hands at prices just above $55,000, buying the same amount of Bitcoin at an exchange would cost approximately €5,160 ($6,144)—meaning that the unlucky buyer bought
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