On October 8th, according to Protos, the US Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of 69,370 bitcoins (worth $4.40 billion) related to the Silk Road by Battle BornInvestments and others. Protos said that this means that these bitcoins may soon be auctioned. Previously, the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled to allow the US government to dispose of the confiscated bitcoins in accordance with the law. Battle BornInvestments had tried to obtain the rights of these bit...