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  • Ross Ulbricht has been pardoned by President Donald Trump

    01/21/2025 3:59:17 PM PST · by janetjanet998 · 51 replies
    Ross Ulbricht has been pardoned by President Donald Trump
  • NYT: Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace

    01/21/2025 4:27:04 PM PST · by RandFan · 21 replies
    New York Times ^ | Jan 21 | By David Yaffe-Bellany and Ryan Mac
    President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the cryptocurrency and libertarian worlds. In doing so, Mr. Trump fulfilled a promise that he made repeatedly on the campaign trail as he courted political contributions from the crypto industry, which spent more than $100 million to influence the outcome of the election. A Bitcoin pioneer, Mr. Ulbricht, 40, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015, after he was convicted on charges that included distributing narcotics on the internet. “I just...