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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. From its earliest days, the crypto industry has attracted a lot of controversial attention. With immense sums of money being poured into a largely unregulated space, it has attracted visionaries and innovators, […]

Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

US President Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to pardon Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug market Silk Road, who was imprisoned for over a decade. Source link

Why Crypto X Waits For Silk Road Release From the Jail?

Ross Ulbricht is the founder of the deep web marketplace called Silk Road. If you surf through crypto X, you may notice that some count the days until Trump’s inauguration, believing that on day one, he will get Ulbricht out of prison. Let’s figure out why crypto enthusiasts are so enthusiastic about Ulbricht’s clemency. Silk […]

Crypto X Buzzes Over the Silk Road Bitcoins Dump

The U.S. government approved the sale of 69,370 BTC seized from the Silk Road marketplace less than two weeks before Trump’s inauguration. How did it become possible? Will the sale actually take place? How does the community react to the news? The Northern District Court of California approved the liquidation of the bitcoins seized from […]

U.S. still holds $6.5b in seized Silk Road Bitcoin

U.S. authorities have not executed any new Bitcoin sales, despite reports suggesting that the Department of Justice had authorized a massive offload. Blockchain intelligence platform Arkham confirmed that billions in seized Silk Road and FBI-confiscated Bitcoin (BTC) remain in U.S. government-controlled addresses as of Jan. 9. The data provider shared on-chain proof confirming a $6.44 […]