Ki Young Ju: US has lost 0 seized BTC, South Korea has lost 1,742
February 13, 2026, 11:43 PM
Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, highlighted issues with South Korea's management of seized crypto assets by comparing its record with that of the United States. On X, he stated that while the U.S. government has lost none of the 198,000 BTC it has seized to date, the South Korean government has lost 1,742 of the 2,333 BTC it confiscated. He added that someone must have accessed the private keys to steal the funds during the investigation, questioning who the perpetrator might be.
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