In the first auction, 45 bidders took part in the auction, with a total of 63 bids. The latest auction may have reflected a lack of enthusiasm or an investor exhaustion, with only 27 total bids for the 50,000 coins with a dollar value of $19 million. The first auction was for 30,000 Bitcoins.
Last June, when the first auction concluded, there was only one winner: Thomas Draper, a venture capitalist. Draper is assumed to have paid above market price in order to win all the available coins, which at the time was $570. Draper has taken a wash in his investment so far, with prices down at about $370 as of writing.
In total, there were 173,991 Bitcoins seized from the Silk Road raid and from its alleged operator, Ross Ulbricht.
Source:
NYT
Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 6 Dec 2014 22:57