The White House Denied Selling Samourai Wallet Bitcoins

• The head of Trump’s Digital Assets Council commented on rumors about the sale of bitcoins Samourai Wallet.
• In this case, the authorities received 57.5 BTC, as well as consent to liquidate crypto-assets.
• Witt claims that the bitcoins will be included in the strategic reserve.

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Bitcoins worth $6.37 million seized in the Samourai Wallet mixer case were not sold, they will be included in the crypto reserve. This was stated by the Executive Director of the Council on digital assets Patrick Witt.

Recall that the said crypto assets, namely 57.5 BTC, Samourai Wallet co-founders Keonn Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill voluntarily handed over to the authorities as part of the deal on the charges against them. It appears from the agreement that they were handled by the U.S. Marshals Service.

However, the text of the document also mentions the agreement of the defendants in the case to liquidate crypto-assets. Against this background, there were rumors that bitcoins were sold in defiance of the decree of US President Donald Trump.

The politician promised to stop the realization of confiscated crypto assets even during the election campaign. In March 2025, he signed an executive order to create a national cryptocurrency reserve, which was supposed to include all seized cryptocurrency.

Witt promised to look into the situation. In a publication dated January 16, 2026, he said he would get a response from the U.S. Department of Justice. The head of the Digital Asset Council confirmed that the said crypto assets will become part of the strategic bitcoin reserve.

Also note that both co-founders of the project, Rodriguez and Hill, have already started serving their sentences. They received five and four years in prison, respectively, on charges of aiding and abetting money laundering. Trump has promised to consider pardoning Rodriguez, though he admitted he knows nothing about the case.