⚡️⚖️🇺🇸 NEW - The United States permanently confiscates $400 million in assets linked to the darknet mixer Helix Helix, which was active between 2014 and 2017, is believed to have processed more than 354,000 bitcoins, worth approximately $311 million at the time, by masking the origin of funds from online drug markets, fraud, and other criminal activities. A federal order issued in late January transferred legal ownership of the seized assets to the US government.