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Trump Vows to Pardon Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht if Re-Elected
26.5.2024
Former President Donald Trump has made a promise to grant a presidential pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, if he is re-elected in November's election.
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Trump promises to release Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if re-elected
26.5.2024
Former United States President Donald Trump vows to free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if re-elected
Trump Pledges to Free Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht If Re-Elected
26.5.2024
How One Man Stole $3 Billion in Bitcoin and Got Away for Nearly a Decade
30.1.2024
From purchasing cocaine to uncovering a multimillion-dollar glitch, the story of James “Jimmy” Zhong reads like a dark comedy. Zhong, a computer science graduate, exploited a vulnerability on Silk Road to steal over 50,000 bitcoin, evading detection for nearly a decade while living...
Silk Road founder marks 10 years into his double life sentence in prison
2.10.2023
Ross Ulbricht the founder of the first “modern darknet market” has reached the 10-year mark of his double life sentence in prison after having his laptop seized by the FBI in 2013
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...
Silk Road Advisor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison While a Rogue Double-Agent Eludes Capture
12.7.2023
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, led by attorney Damian Williams, announced a 20-year prison sentence for Roger Clark. Clark was allegedly the senior advisor to the original Silk Road, an infamous darknet marketplace that operated...
US government plans to sell 41K Bitcoin connected to Silk Road
31.3.2023
On March 14, 2023, the government sold 9,861 BTC for $215.7 million, according to court documents filed on March 31
US Announces ‘Historic $3.36 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure’ as Silk Road Bitcoin Thief Pleads Guilty
8.11.2022
The man who stole over 50,000 bitcoins from the Silk Road marketplace has pleaded guilty. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, “the seizure was then the largest cryptocurrency seizure” in the history of the DOJ and “remains the department’s second-largest...
Seized Silk Road Bitcoin to Clear Ross Ulbricht's $183 Million Debt
22.4.2022
Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht will see his $183 million debt to the U.S. government wiped out following the seizure of $3 billion in bitcoin
Five-year Jail Term: Has Virgil Griffith Become Ethereum’s Ross Ulbricht?
13.4.2022
Locking up crypto developers who stray into murky legal waters may become a more everyday occurrence in the years to come....
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Nifty News: Solana NFTs on OpenSea in April, Ross Ulbricht's new collection... and more
30.3.2022
OpenSea shared a 16-second video on Twitter to announce the integration, with many popular Solana collections announcing their intention to list on the marketplace
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...
A Project Called Fries DAO Raises $5.4 Million to Purchase Fast-Food Restaurants
1.3.2022
The concept of leveraging a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) has become very popular these days, as a myriad of DAO ideas have been created. A new DAO dedicated to purchasing fast-food restaurants called Fries DAO has raised more than $5.4 million to achieve the goal. Fries DAO Creators...
E-Commerce Giant Amazon Backs Wax Blockchain-Based Fractional Trading Card Market Dibbs: Report
11.12.2021
According to reports, the e-commerce giant Amazon has recently invested in a fractional sports trading card marketplace called Dibbs. The platform, built on top of the Wax blockchain, allows users to purchase and sell fractions of collectible trading cards. Reports further add that the financial...
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’s debut NFT sold for $6.2M at auction
9.12.2021
FreeRossDAO buys the Silk Founder's NFT created from prison and auctioned off via SuperRare to fund future efforts to free Ulbricht
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....
USD 1.2M Bid Placed on NFT Piece by Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht
3.12.2021
A piece from the non-fungible token (NFT) collection by the Silk Road darknet market founder Ross Ulbricht has already fetched a bid of nearly USD 1.2m with days more to go.
Ulbricht, currently in his ninth year of serving a double life without parole in a US federal prison, previously...