CoinDesk

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht, Who Proved the Case for Bitcoin, Can Do So for NFTs

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road online marketplace that hosted everything from children’s books to ketamine, is selling a non-fungible token (NFT) with the proceeds going to his legal fund and ...
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Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road: The Story That Shaped Bitcoin’s First Era

A year after his release, the full story of Ross Ulbricht, trial,, Bitcoin’s first killer app, the trial and a presidential ...
Business Insider

The jailed founder of The Silk Road dark web marketplace is minting NFTs for charity — and a DAO has been formed to buy them and protest his imprisonment

Ross Ulbricht, who is serving a life sentence for running the Silk Road black-market website, is auctioning NFTs for charity. Ether-based bidding for the Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection has already ...
Reuters

U.S. lays claim to $1 billion in stolen Silk Road Bitcoin

NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The United States is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1 billion in Bitcoin stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday ...
Bleeping Computer

U.S. unmasks hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from Silk Road

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced today the conviction of James Zhong, a mysterious hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from the 'Silk Road' dark net marketplace. Zhong pled guilty to money ...