Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, received 300 BTC in June 2025, worth over $31 million. Blockchain analysis tied the donation to old AlphaBay darknet wallets.

Ulbricht did not immediately respond to a request for comment made through the Free Ross campaign that advocated for his pardon. AlphaBay, similar to Ulbricht’s Silk Road, was a ...

Ross Ulbricht, the former founder of the now-defunct drug trafficking site Silk Road, recently received an anonymous donation of 300 Bitcoins, worth around $31 million, according to reporting from ...

A $31 million Bitcoin donation made to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is believed to have originated from AlphaBay. This notorious dark web market succeeded Silk Road and once dwarfed it in scale.

A crypto wallet tied to the defunct dark web marketplace Alphabay was reportedly behind the donation of $31 million worth of Bitcoin to Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, according to blockchain ...

A crypto wallet tied to the defunct darknet market Alphabay was behind a 300 Bitcoin donation to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, Chainalysis told WIRED.

During Ross Ulbricht’s trial, federal prosecutors claimed that Silk Road enabled over $200 million in drug transactions through its dark web marketplace. Ulbricht was also alleged to have orchestrated ...

Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous Silk Road marketplace, recently received a staggering $31 million worth of Bitcoin. However, the origins of this significant donation raise more questions ...

Ross Ulbricht, creator of the online marketplace Silk Road, speaks at the Bitcoin Conference at the Venetian Convention & Expo Center on May 29, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photograph: Ian Maule ...

Pseudonymous bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto is deified and declared to have a number of different identities, including that of a Miami Heat player. People want former SEC chairman Gary Gensler to ...