Famous Bitcoin addresses · Governments and seizures
The Bitfinex hack recovery address
bc1qazcm763858nkj2dj986etajv6wquslv8uxwcztOn 1 February 2022 about 94,600 BTC was gathered into this address from the cluster of addresses that had held the proceeds of the 2016 theft from the Bitfinex exchange. A week later the US Department of Justice announced the seizure, and the government's forfeiture filing lists the 23 seizure transactions, all of which pay this address. The coins remain here.
Balance
₿ 94,643.48825813$7,748,651,671 · price as of 14 Oct 2026
- Txs
- 183
- Utxos
- 184
- Since
- 1 Feb 2022
- Last seen
- 13 Sep 2026
- Type
- Native SegWit Bech32
- Updated
- 14 Oct 2026
Value over time
Label · with receipt
US Government (forfeiture filing, 15 Oct 2024) Government
Source: Proposed Amended Preliminary Order of Forfeiture, D.D.C. 1:23-cr-00239, Dkt 148-1 (filed by the US Attorney's Office, 15 October 2024) · evidence tier verified · a documented historical seizure association · source checked 14 Oct 2026.
The government’s forfeiture filing lists the 23 seizure transactions; all pay this address and total exactly 94,643.29837084 BTC. Nothing here states who controls the address today.
Receipt: sha256:3651eea75fb2…8 of 9 components checked, 14 Oct 2026
Other public sources say: US Government, Bitfinex Seizure (our curated list of well-known addresses, high, inference); FBI (a public address label dataset on GitHub, medium, inference).
The captured sources disagree about this address. The reviewed public source is shown above.
Chain notes
- Unspent outputs Attention
184 unspent outputs. This address holds many separate coins. Spending them together can cost more in fees than spending fewer, larger coins. What an unspent output is
- Small outputs Good
No output costs more to spend than it holds at typical fees. What dust is
- Address reuse Info
Seen in 183 transactions. Repeated use of one address is publicly linkable. What address reuse means
- Address type Good
Native SegWit (Bech32). Relative fees depend on transaction structure. What the address types mean
- Unspent output distribution Good
The balance is spread across several unspent outputs. The largest holds 15%. What a change output is
- Activity Good
Last transaction 31 days ago. What dormant, quiet and pending mean
The notes describe what the chain shows; they do not rate the address. Chain notes, explained.
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