Scott Johnsson, a financial lawyer, said on the X platform that the United States Marshals Service (USMS) is almost certainly selling Silk Road bitcoins. According to the service agreement signed between USMS and Coinbase in June, USMS has been sending bitcoins to the escrow address required by the agreement. Since the protocol requires that USMS's assets must remain completely segregated, once the transfer finally reaches Coinbase Prime (or another hybrid trading address), it can be determined that USMS has sold or is about to sell these bitcoins. The final sale will be confirmed in a report on the Justice Department's asset forfeiture program for fiscal year 2024 at the latest.