<p>German authorities have seized €25 million (~$30 million) worth of bitcoin and bitcoin cash from now-shuttered pirate streaming site Movie2K.</p> <p>The Dresden public prosecutor's office <a href="https://www.medienservice.sachsen.de/medien/news/239287">announced</a> the news on Tuesday, saying that Movie2K was operated illegally and distributed over 880,000 pirated copies of movies and TV shows between 2008 and 2013.</p> <p>Last November, German authorities arrested one of the two main operators of Movie2K, while the second operator is still on the run, said the prosecutor's office.</p> <p>The two operators allegedly started buying bitcoins in mid-2012 from the cash they received from subscriptions and advertising fees. Movie2K was <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/police-arrest-three-in-prolonged-movie2k-piracy-investigation-191120/">reportedly</a> the 19th most-visited website in Germany in 2013 before it shut down. Movie4K has now replaced the website.</p> <p>The operator, who is now in custody, bought over 22,000 bitcoins (currently worth about $260 million), said the prosecutor's office. Then from 2013 to 2016, they bought properties via crypto. Those properties have also <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-help-german-authorities-secure-29-7m-in-crypto-from-pirate-streaming-site-200806/">reportedly</a> been seized.</p> <p>The prosecutor's office said it seized the crypto with help from Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI.</p>