The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) recently [announced](https://www.usmarshals.gov/assets/2016/bitcoinauction/index.html) a new bitcoin auction. Just over 2,719 bitcoins are to be sold to a single winner on Monday, 22 August. Worth about  $1.6 million at current market rates, the coins come from “various federal criminal, civil and administrative cases,” according to the Marshals Service.