Ross Ulbricht Starts His Seventh Year in Prison
Since the unraveling of Silk Road, its creator, Ross Ulbricht, has served six full years since his initial imprisonment. All this time is just a small dent on the double life sentence...
Darkweb ‘Dream Market’ Now a Bitcoin Payment-FBI...
Three men have been arrested this month under suspicions of running one of the largest drug stalls on the dark web named “Sinmed,” as reported by ABC News Australia. The...
Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht Moved to Another High Security Prison
Ross Ulbricht has been transferred to a new prison. This time to USP Tucson, yet another high security prison where he will be locked up likely alongside fewer murderers and hardcore...
U.S. Senate Candidate Vows to Speak with President Trump About...
Ross Ulbricht could have a powerful voice advocating for his freedom if U.S. Senate Candidate Eric Brakey is elected. Cruel and Unusual Punishment? Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk...
Doomsday for Ethereum? Why Some Analysts Are Shorting ETH
Popular technology publisher TechCrunch recently published a bold prediction. It comes from Jeremy Rubin, founder of the MIT Digital Currency initiative, who believes that the price of...
Blockchain Being Used to Save Lives Amidst Opioid Epidemic
A growing number of start-ups and larger companies have begun to experiment with blockchain’s utility for solving public health crises — like the opioid epidemic in the United...
Silk Road Sell-Off? $800M Bitcoin Wallet Sees Mysterious Movement
Bitcoin community members continue to piece together the story behind a huge wallet containing over 111,000 BTC ($802 million) — which suddenly became active after over four years...
Charlie Shrem Talks Bitcoin, Hodling, and the Future of...
Charlie Shrem sat down with Yahoo Finance recently to discuss his thoughts on the present and future states of cryptocurrency. The Starting Line Charlie Shrem, early Bitcoin adopter...
If Money Equals Freedom of Speech, What About Bitcoin?
The U.S. Supreme Court equates money with freedom of speech. Now, The Financial Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is trying to determine whether or not Bitcoin is...
$5.2 Million in Cryptocurrency Seized in EU’s Largest LSD Raid
European law enforcement agencies dismantled a Darknet drug trafficking network, seizing almost 800,000 doses of LSD and over $5 million in Bitcoin, IOTA, and Lumens. The Infamous...
Mastermind Behind Silk Road Appeals Judge’s Decisions
Ross Ulbricht, also known by his alias as Dread Pirate Roberts of Silk Road infamy, is appealing Judge Katherine B. Forrest’s decision to deny him a new trial. Ross William...
U.S. Government Receives Approval to Sell Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash...
The U.S. government has received approval from a judge in Utah to sell off 513 Bitcoin and 512 Bitcoin Cash seized from an investigation involving Aaron Michael Shamo, a dealer on the...