United States v. Approximately 69,370 Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Gold (BTG) Bitcoin SV (BSV) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

10 Case No. 20-cv-07811-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO 12 STRIKE CLAIMS, DENYING MOTION

APPROXIMATELY 69,370 BITCOIN TO INTERVENE

13 (BTC), BITCOIN GOLD (BTG) BITCOIN SV (BSV) AND BITCOIN CASH (BCH), et 14 al.,

15 Defendants.

16 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 This is a civil forfeiture action arising from the seizure of approximately 69,370 Bitcoin, 19 Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin SV, and Bitcoin Cash (“Bitcoin”) allegedly derived from certain unlawful 20 activity. The Bitcoin was stolen by “Individual X” from addresses at “Silk Road,” which is 21 described by the government as having been “the most sophisticated and extensive criminal 22 marketplace on the Internet, serving as a sprawling black market bazaar where unlawful goods and 23 services, including illegal drugs of virtually all varieties, were bought and sold regularly by the 24 site’s users.” In 2013, law…