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Finance

U.S. Government Sold $216M of Seized Silk Road Bitcoin This Month

The government will sell the remaining 41,490 BTC in four tranches this year.

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Finance

Crypto Recovery Specialist Asset Reality Raises $4.91M to Hire Engineers, Expand Ops

The irreversibility of cryptocurrency transactions presents a unique challenge for recovering stolen assets. The seed funding round was led by Framework Ventures and other investors.

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Finance

US Seizes 50K Bitcoins Related to Silk Road Marketplace

The bitcoin, which was obtained in 2012 and which was valued at $3.36 billion when it was discovered in November, is now worth $1.04 billion.

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Opinion

Beyond the Silk Road: Crypto Needs a Regulatory Course Correction

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists' crypto and illicit finance expert says the industry needs to be more than "reluctant good citizens." This article is part of CoinDesk’s Sin Week.

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Policy

Seized Silk Road Bitcoin to Clear Ross Ulbricht's $183M Debt

A court filing reveals that bitcoin seized in 2020 will be used to repay the Silk Road founder's debt to the U.S. government.

"Human Blockchain," a painting made by Ross Ulbricht in prison (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Federal Court Dismisses Ross Ulbricht Lawsuit

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons after being barred from using a prison email system to communicate with his family, claiming that this restriction hindered his religious obligations to his mother and father.

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Videos

ConstitutionDAO Raising Funds for Free Ross Movement

ConstitutionDAO, the group that raised $47 million last month to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution but failed, is now pledging funds for the Free Ross Movement. The Free Ross organization is selling an NFT collection of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht's works with charitable aims. "The Hash" squad discusses the latest instance of decentralization technology breaking barriers to entry.

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Finance

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

Ulbricht’s NFT project could be a sea change for credibly neutral charity efforts.

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Videos

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Announces NFT Auction

“The Hash” team reacts to Ross Ulbricht, the controversial founder of the Silk Road Darknet marketplace, announcing he will auction off his NFT collection beginning Thursday on Superare.

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