Trump, Silk Road and Ulbricht

Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
President Donald Trump kept a campaign pledge to the cryptocurrency industry by granting a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road. The infamous dark web marketplace not only served as a hub for illicit drug sales but also emerged as one of the first real-world applications of Bitcoin.
Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of online drug market Silk Road
Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods with bitcoin.
President Trump pardons mastermind behind illicit drug marketplace Silk Road
President Donald Trump pardoned the founder of darknet marketplace Silk Road, he said in a post to Truth Social on Tuesday night.
Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ulbricht for online drug scheme
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others conducted over $200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin.
Trump Pardons Founder of Silk Road Website
President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs
Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
Trump failed to deliver 'Day 1' promise to grant clemency to Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road
President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, despite his promise on the campaign trail to commute his sentence on "day one."
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