FBI-Linked Bitcoin Wallets Hold $1.40B as Strangers Send Pitches

People have sent 77 small Bitcoin (BTC) transfers and 59 on-chain messages to 19 addresses the FBI linked to a Binance theft, while the Bitcoin originally held there remains in place. The addresses held 18,270.2 BTC, worth about $1.40 billion at $76,748 per BTC at 12:14 a.m. ET (5:14 a.m. UTC) on Nov. 3. None of the BTC has moved out of the wallets. Messages included requests for financial help, promotions for the $NST token ecosystem and a CRC-20 Bitcoin lending protocol, and appeals urging the wallet holders not to return the funds to Binance.