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The 127,000-BTC Dispute: Fraud Proceeds or Mining-Pool Theft?

Summary Statement:
The battle over roughly 127,000 Bitcoin centers on two irreconcilable narratives describing the same stash. The United States argues the coins are tainted—proceeds of a vast pig-butchering and forced-labor scam network linked to Chen Zhi and laundered through a mining operation built with illicit funds. China counters that the Bitcoin was legitimate mining-pool property stolen in a state-level hack attributed to the U.S., making the seizure an act of geopolitical overreach rather than law enforcement. Ultimately, the dispute hinges not on when or how the U.S. obtained the coins, but on whether the mining infrastructure itself was financed by criminal activity—because if it was, the Bitcoin is forfeitable; if it wasn’t, China has grounds to demand its return.