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Ilikepurple

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28. Yes, I'm not sure why anyone would just assume this administration is providing real numbers.

Reply to paleotn (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 05:09 PM

20 hrs ago

It has reached a point where judgment of most statements issued by this administration should be withheld or assigned a low probability of truth until some other source provides a reason to assign some degree of confidence to the statement. My intuition puts my initial confidence at .25, for the Bayesians lurking. Not a crypto expert. At best, I’m guessing they’ve actually seized little of that number and have just identified amounts and wallets that they’ve officially sanctioned and can no longer can be safely traded in US, and perhaps ally, regulated exchanges (peer to peer and non-allies may still be safe).

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US says it has seized $1 billion in crypto assets from Iran [View all] littlemissmartypants May 29 OP

isn't that why they use crypto? so the gov't can't seize it? rampartd May 29 #1

I suspect that the sanctions placed on Iran have fixed any problems to access the regime had. littlemissmartypants May 29 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba May 29 #2

I'm no expert Laha May 29 #6

Buy drugs or weapons? WA-03 Democrat May 29 #11

As real as Monopoly money or the pieces. I have the iron,I claim it's worth $100,000 Bengus81 19 hrs ago #29

Trump stealing everything down to the studs is official US policy. Irish_Dem May 29 #3

This stillspkg May 29 #13

It is a clinical seminar: How psychopaths function when they have no restraints. Irish_Dem May 30 #21

I so wished that the pedopres did not represent me or all the other decent Americans in any way. efhmc May 29 #14

Our country is run by ruthless, dangerous, psychopaths. Irish_Dem May 30 #22

What's His Cut 2na fisherman May 29 #5

I expect we'll never know. Harker May 29 #8

That was my first thought, 2na fisherman. They probably took more than that but we're only hearing about a small bit. littlemissmartypants May 29 #9

Since it's fake money anyway, they'll keep all of it FakeNoose May 29 #10

They already said, 1 billion dollars. N/t FSogol 4 hrs ago #31

I don't believe it. paleotn May 29 #7

At this point why accept anything. thomski64 21 hrs ago #25

Yes, I'm not sure why anyone would just assume this administration is providing real numbers. Ilikepurple 20 hrs ago #28

"Crypto Assets" mdbl May 29 #12

IMO this is one more grandiose lie. No evidence to support it and dealing with a "currency" which exists in abstraction Ford_Prefect May 29 #15

My question is why does Bessent seem to be doing Marco Rubio's job? littlemissmartypants May 30 #18

I thought the vaunted "blockchain"..... SergeStorms May 30 #23

$1 billion in crypto assets Roy Rolling May 29 #16

These seized assets are the assets of the Iranian government. littlemissmartypants May 30 #17

Good to know the US Treasury can do this Deminpenn May 30 #19

So Will This Be Counted modrepub May 30 #20

Post removed Post removed 21 hrs ago #24

But the surrender document that Trump will have to sign gives Iran 300 billion Botany 21 hrs ago #26

If it's acutally worth anything, it will end up in Trump and Son's crypto enterprise. CousinIT 20 hrs ago #27

They probably took more. We're just hearing about a small portion... littlemissmartypants 15 hrs ago #30