http://www.france24.com/en/20140627-us-begins-unprecedented-auction-silk-road-bitcoins/

Mark Williams, a Boston University finance lecturer and critic of virtual currencies, said the US is simply trying to unload its holdings.

"This auction doesn't validate bitcoin but simply demonstrated that the US government is anxious to get out before prices drop again," he said.

"The US Marshals Service (USMS) has over 29,000 reasons to sell by private auction and sell now."



What an idiot