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A former National Crime Agency officer has been jailed for stealing 50 BTC seized during the investigation of Silk Road 2.0, exploiting his insider access to access the funds. Paul Chowles, 42, a former NCA officer, has been jailed for…
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Czech opposition called for a no-confidence vote on the government, over a donation by former owner of a dark net marketplace.
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Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s crypto wallet recently received a mysterious donation in the form of 300 BTC. Many traders suspected it was a self-transfer, but crypto sleuth ZachXBT found the source to be ‘questionable.’ According to data from on-chain…
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On May 5, 2025, it was revealed that the DOJ was well-informed that the crypto mixer Samourai Wallet didn’t fit the definition of a money transmitter. However, it didn’t stop the prosecution: Samourai co-founders were arrested anyway. A year later,…
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Ross Ulbricht, the infamous Silk Road creator, called for Roger Ver's release from detention over alleged Bitcoin tax fraud.
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Wallets tied to Ross Ulbricht lost around $12m worth of meme coins after accidentally selling them at the wrong price. Since the blunder, the ROSS token is now up more than 700%. According to Arkham, the two wallet addresses are…
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After being pardoned by President Trump, Ross Ulbricht tweeted for the first time in over 11 years, expressing gratitude for second chances and support, while his associated cryptocurrency token experienced a price drop following a three-month surge. On Jan. 24,…
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SSeveral wallets associated with Ross Ulbricht reportedly hold approximately 430 Bitcoin that were not confiscated by the U.S. government, according to a Coinbase executive. Conor Grogan, Coinbase’s director of product strategy, claimed in a post on X on Jan. 22…
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President Trump has granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road darknet marketplace, in recognition of the Libertarian Movement's support during his presidency.
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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…
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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…
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A wallet linked to the U.S. government has moved nearly $2 billion worth of Bitcoin to a new address, according to blockchain intelligence and on-chain data platform Arkham. Per Akham, the transfer of nearly 20,000 Bitcoin (BTC) happened on Dec.…
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The United States Supreme Court has denied Battle Born Investment’s case over ownership of 69,370 Bitcoin — worth $4.38 billion — that the US seized from the dark web marketplace Silk Road. The US Supreme Court published an order list…
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Scott Johnsson, a general partner and general counsel at Van Buren Capital, believes the U.S. government’s recent move to transfer Bitcoin linked to the defunct Silk Road online marketplace to a Coinbase address means the funds are on the verge…
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More Silk Road Bitcoin moved again after a U.S. government wallet sent 10,000 BTC to Coinbase. The U.S. government transferred Bitcoin (BTC) worth $593.5 million to its preferred crypto brokerage platform, Coinbase Prime, on Aug. 14, according to Arkham Intel.…
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Bitcoin fell 2% after the U.S. government moved 3,940 Bitcoin seized from a Silk Road vendor.
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