and broader implications for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has been granted approval to sell 69,370 Bitcoin linked to the Silk Road darknet marketplace.

What the seizure shows is that while Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht is now a free man after being pardoned by President Trump a day after he came into office, others who sold narcotics on the dark ...

Since being released, Ulbricht has kept a relatively low profile, though analysts say cryptocurrency wallets linked to the Silk Road founder have lost millions of dollars this year during an ...

Juan Carlos Reynoso has been found in civil contempt by a federal court in Puerto Rico for refusing to turn over 119.65 Bitcoin valued at around $12.6 million after a seizure warrant was issued.

The Silk Road, a dark web marketplace that used Bitcoin as its currency, was a pioneering use of cryptocurrency but also a hub for illicit activity. While there was no evidence Ulbricht directly ...

On January 21, one day into his second term, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road online ... in the libertarian and cryptocurrency communities ...

The findings have led to concerns that billions of dollars’ worth of crypto may be unaccounted for or lost due to poor management practices. The revelation has sparked strong reactions from government ...

Once a sceptic who criticised cryptocurrency as a scam, Trump himself has demonstrated little personal passion for the industry. Policies such as freeing Ross Ulbricht, the founder of online drug ...

For example, one X post claimed ( archived ), referencing the dark web marketplace Silk Road: " Trump pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht ... a few years after the emergence of the popular cryptocurrency. "The scum that worked to convict ...