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Heartland Tri-State Bank Collapses, Biden Urged to Grant Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht Clemency, and More — Week in Review
6.8.2023
In this week’s news, another major U.S. bank has failed, a Maine senator has appealed to United States president Joe Biden to grant Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht clemency, a senior U.S. district judge has rejected the approach taken in the SEC v. Ripple ruling regarding XRP, and Robert...
Maine Senator Urges Biden to Consider Clemency for Ross Ulbricht During President’s Auburn Visit
30.7.2023
On July 28, 2023, U.S. president Joe Biden made a trip to Auburn, Maine, where he delivered a speech at Auburn Manufacturing and subsequently attended a private fundraising gathering. Eric Brakey, the Republican senator representing Maine, greeted Biden upon his arrival in Auburn and handed him...
The ‘Growth Collection’ — Ross Ulbricht to Auction Bitcoin-Backed NFTs on Satoshi’s Birthday
29.3.2022
Following Ross Ulbricht’s non-fungible token (NFT) sale that raised 1,446 ether or $6.27 million at auction, Ulbricht is dropping another NFT compilation called the “Growth Collection.” According to the announcement, the NFTs will be minted using the Bitcoin blockchain and will...
Ross Ulbricht NFT Collection Raises Over $6 Million in Ethereum, Free Ross DAO Wins Auction
10.12.2021
The Ross Ulbricht Genesis non-fungible token (NFT) collection auction has come to an end and the auction winner was the “Free Ross DAO,” backed by the Pleasrdao project. The NFT collection raised 1,446 ether or $6.27 million at the time of settlement. Free Ross Decentralized...
Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection NFT Auction Sees Millions of Dollars in Ethereum Bids
5.12.2021
Two days ago on December 2, the Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection auction of non-fungible token (NFT) assets kicked off at Art Basel Miami via the Superrare platform. The Ulbricht NFT collection auction ends on December 8, and so far the auction has seen a bid of 666 ether or roughly $2.6 million....
Ross Ulbricht’s NFT Collection to Be Auctioned via Superrare at Art Basel Miami
19.11.2021
On December 2nd at Art Basel Miami, the very first Ross Ulbricht non-fungible token (NFT) collection will be showcased at the event and auctioned via Superrare. The proceeds from the auction will support Ross Ulbricht’s freedom efforts and a donor-advised fund called Art4giving, which helps...
The Ongoing Effort to Free Ross — Ulbricht’s Clemency Petition Closes in on Half a Million Signatures
16.10.2021
As the end of 2021 nears, Ross Ulbricht remains in prison as he continues to serve his draconian double-life prison sentence for creating a website called the Silk Road. Ever since he was arrested, there’s been an ongoing effort to free Ulbricht, as a great majority of individuals and...
Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Speaks Publicly for the First Time Since 2013
13.6.2021
At the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, attendees listened to the first phone interview with the Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht from the depths of the maximum-security prison in Tucson, Arizona. During the interview, Ulbricht spoke about bitcoin and how the decentralized crypto asset...
Report Claims US President Trump Considering Clemency for Ross Ulbricht
17.12.2020
According to two anonymous sources, U.S. President Donald Trump is considering clemency for Ross Ulbricht. White House reporters Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley claim sources detailed that Trump “has expressed sympathy” for Ross Ulbricht and his double life sentences. Ross Ulbricht...
Vermont Rapper Releases Hip Hop Track ‘#Freeross,’ Ulbricht Petition Nears 300K Signatures
27.3.2020
Southern Vermont-based hip-hop artist, Krypto Man, has released a new single called “#Freeross” in hopes to get Ross Ulbricht released from prison. Krypto Man is a well known rapper on the east coast and revenue from the song will be donated to the nonprofit Freeross.org. Ross Ulbricht...
Ross Ulbricht Clemency Petition Gathers 250,000 Signatures
7.12.2019
On Friday, the Clemency for Ross Ulbricht petition hosted on Change.org surpassed 250,000 signatures. The solicitation for signatures started in July 2018 and gathered roughly 6,200 signatures during the first three days. Now with a quarter of a million signatures asking U.S. President Donald Trump...
200,000 People Have Signed Ross Ulbricht’s Clemency Petition
4.10.2019
Ross Ulbricht is forced to spend the rest of his life in prison, and October 1 marked the beginning of his seventh year behind bars. Ulbricht has recently authored a letter explaining that he’s “forgotten what freedom actually feels like” and he’s also realized that he lost...
Ross Ulbricht Letter Questions the Wisdom of Imprisoning Non-Violent Offenders
29.6.2019
Forced to spend the rest of his days in a cage, Ross Ulbricht has recounted his situation in a letter, which explains how he’s spent more than 2,096 days in a U.S. federal penitentiary for running a website. Also Read: Bitcoin ‘Inventor’ Craig Wright Claims He Can’t Access...