$BTC As long as the hacker controls the private key, they can keep making transfers. And the FBI marking the wallet address as containing stolen property doesn’t mean it can freeze the BTC inside. The Bitcoin network simply doesn’t obey the FBI; it only recognizes valid signatures from private keys. This time, the hackers stole 1.4 billion in BTC, and so far, they haven’t dared to touch any of it. More than 18,000 coins are split across 19 wallets, and everyone on the blockchain is watching. Although BTC can’t be frozen, every transfer is visible to the entire world and has already been flagged as dirty money. The moment it’s transferred to an exchange, it’s exposed. They can only sit and watch, unable to spend it. Of course, if the hacker transfers the money to a regulated exchange, then it can be intercepted. So being able to track it isn’t the same as being able to freeze it, and being able to transfer it isn’t the same as being able to withdraw it safely. That’s what makes Bitcoin so special: the whole world can watch the hacker move the money, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anyone can stop them.