US Marshals Are Investigating a Possible Digital-Asset Hack

The US Marshals Service, which provides custody of cryptocurrencies seized by or forfeited to federal law enforcement agencies, said it’s investigating a possible hack of US government digital-asset accounts.

“At this time, we will not be making any statement as the matter is under investigation,” a spokesperson for the agency said in an email.

On Jan. 26, Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, said in a post on X that he is “on it,” and linked to another post by an anonymous onchain investigator who goes by ZachXBT. In the online note, ZachXBT claimed that government seizure addresses were among the digital wallets from which a hacker stole more than $60 million in late 2025. ZachXBT couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.

Last year, President Donald Trump created a national Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, holding forfeited Bitcoin, as well as the US Digital Asset Stockpile, holding other digital assets that were forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings.

Hacks have long plagued crypto. More than $3.4 billion in crypto was stolen in 2025, according to researcher Chainalysis.