United Kingdom
United Kingdom holds 61’000 BTC, 0.290 % of the 21 million Bitcoin, which ranks it #12 on our list (States, as of 2025-09-29).
BTC61’000
Value€3.8B
Share of 21M0.290 %
Rank#12
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Profile
In 2018 the Metropolitan Police seized about 61,000 BTC from Zhimin Qian, who had laundered the proceeds of a Chinese investment fraud. The coins are held under civil recovery proceedings brought by the Crown Prosecution Service, and in January 2026 the High Court declared them recoverable.
- Category
- States
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- www.cps.gov.uk
- As of
- 2025-09-29
- Source
- https://www.cps.gov.uk/node/29684 · https://news.met.police.uk/news/woman-convicted-following-worlds-largest-seizure-501569 · https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Kings-Bench-Associates-Order.pdf
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