The Swedish government has successfully auctioned off some bitcoin, collecting more than the prevailing market rate in the sale.
The 0.6 BTC – along with an equal amount of bitcoin cash, which was not previously dsiclosed – were sold by the Kronofogden during a week-long auction for a total of 43,000 kroner, equal to roughly $6,841 at press time.
瑞典政府已经成功拍卖了一些比特币，比目前市场上的价格还多。
在为期一周的拍卖中，Kronofogden以43,000克朗的价格出售了这款0.6 BTC，以及等量的比特币现金，这一数字约为6,841美元。
When the auction was first announced last Thursday, the BTC up for grabs was valued at about $3,200. Bitcoin cash, according to CoinMarketCap, is currently trading at around $330.
According to Digital Di, Sweden’s largest digital news organization, the identity of the winning bidder isn’t immediately known, nor has the Kronofogden issued an official statement marking the conclusion of the auction.
The auction’s unveiling last week was a notable one, given that the Kronofogden – which acts as a kind of debt collection agency – had acquired the cryptocurrency holdings as part of its official duties. According to Di Digital, one of the other bidders, a member of the day-trading podcast Borspodden confirmed they participated but said they did not win the auction.
Kronofogden is not the first government agency to sell seized bitcoin. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice formally took possession of $48 million it accrued through the sale of 144,336 bitcoins since the closure of the Silk Road dark market.
At the press-time price of about $5,650, those holdings would be worth more than $800 million.
当拍卖于上周四首次宣布时，比特币交易中心的价格约为3200美元。据CoinMarketCap称，比特币现金目前的交易价格在330美元左右。
据瑞典最大的数字新闻机构Digital Di称，目前还不清楚中标者的身份，Kronofogden也没有发表官方声明，标志着拍卖的结束。
上周的拍卖是值得注意的，因为作为一种债务催收机构的Kronofogden，作为其官方职责的一部分，已经获得了加密货币的持有。据另一家竞购者迪数码(Di Digital)表示，该公司的一名成员证实了他们的参与，但表示他们没有赢得此次拍卖。
Kronofogden并不是第一个出售比特币的政府机构。本月早些时候，美国司法部正式从“丝绸之路”(Silk Road)黑暗市场关闭以来，通过出售144,336个比特币获得了4800万美元的资产。
在大约5,650美元的印刷时间，这些资产的价值将超过8亿美元。