That article also gives the number of seized Cas coins: "25 Casascius coins (physical bitcoin) worth about 174 BTC";
Same no. of coins, same total BTC as per
...
If we follow the 173 BTC, first it is joined by the proceeds (minus fees) of
another Cas1 piece (which, was spent a couple of hours earlier (testing?) to the same address, which (also as a test) was split as 0.01 BTC going to the same 3BGbd address as the 174....
...the redeeming and spending of these 26 Cas coins is part of the consolidation (sale?) of Loaded's confiscated hoard.
...so they are, I'd say almost certainly those coins and the peeling was most likely DOJ (or expert contracted to them) meaning stillherehodling, seek3r, Mbitr were right!
I'm still intrigued as to whether all those
10 BTC UTXOs, the 79.2s (and others moved / split / joined within hours) - all coming from
a UTXO formed March 2023 which, a couple of hops further back, was itself formed from
multiple 1k UTXOs in March 2022 are also to do with Loaded's stolen stash but it would take someone with more skills / tools / time than I have for that.