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Ross Ulbricht, Jan. 6 Protesters, Or Himself? Here's Who Crypto Bettors Think Trump Will Pardon

Donald Trump is due to reclaim the White House, and with Inauguration Day just around the bend, crypto bettors on Polymarket are busy making bets on who they think will be pardoned on the 47th U.S. President's first 100 days in office.

International Business Times

Biden's Final Insult to Our Intelligence

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the libertarian position on doctor-assisted suicide.

Reason

Free Ross: Crypto Community Urges Trump To Keep His Promise For Silk Road Founder

The crypto community is still celebrating Donald Trump's win, but they haven't forgotten that the Republican promised to free Ross Ulbricht on his first day at the White House as the 47th U.S. President.

International Business Times

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'Crypto Has Already Won': Industry Leaders Hail The 'Most Pro-Crypto Congress' In US History

More "pro-crypto" candidates in the 2024 U.S. elections have been elected into Congress, and crypto leaders are celebrating what they deem is a victory for the burgeoning industry.

International Business Times

Supreme Court Rejects Seized Silk Road Bitcoin Case – Will The US Government Dump?

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a case brought forth by a company claiming to have purchased rights to $4.4 billion in seized Bitcoin from Silk Road, which opens the path for the U.S. government to be able to do what it wants with the seized assets.

International Business Times

Ross Ulbricht Completes 11 Years Imprisonment – Can Donald Trump 'Save' The Silk Road Founder?

Ross Ulbricht has started his 12th year behind bars for his operation of darknet website Silk Road, and 11 years after his imprisonment, the case for clemency remains uncertain, even with Donald Trump's promise to "save" the now 40-year-old tech enthusiast and privacy advocate.

International Business Times

Political Candidates Embrace Bitcoin And Digital Assets

Presidential candidates adjust policies to appeal to crypto voters, proposing strategic bitcoin reserves and regulatory changes.

Top News

Donald Trump announces he will embrace cryptocurrency as part of plan to become bitcoin president

The former president previously said that digital currencies were ‘based on thin air’ – but has now promised to put people who ‘love’ cryptocurrency in power

The Independent UK

Trump Decries Disproportionate Drug Penalties While Threatening Dealers With Death

The former and possibly future president hopes voters will overlook his incoherence.

Reason

The US might restrict social media in prisons and inmates are worried: ‘I may lose my voice soon’

Platforms like TikTok have helped inmates stay connected with family, share their stories online and shed light on prison abuse

The Guardian - US

WATCH: Libertarians React to Donald Trump's Speech at Their Convention

"It was the weirdest room I've ever been in," one Libertarian Party delegate tells Reason

Reason

Trump negs booing Libertarians

Perhaps in response to the hecklers, Trump sped through his speech, alternating between promises and insults

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Trump, Who Wants To Execute Drug Dealers, Promises To Free Ross Ulbricht

Ulbricht is serving two life sentences plus 40 years in connection with the Silk Road, an online marketplace he founded and operated where users could buy and sell illegal substances.

The Guardian - US

‘No wannabe dictators!’: Donald Trump booed at Libertarian convention

Jeers suggest Republican presidential candidate faces a challenge in broadening his appeal

International Business Times

Trump Vows To Free Silk Road Drug Kingpin

Donald Trump appealed for support from the fringe Libertarian Party on Saturday, telling a rowdy crowd that if elected he would free from prison an American man who ran a website that sold millions of dollars in drugs.

International Business Times

Outrage On X, Questions On Political Donations Resurface After SBF's Sentencing

Sam Bankman-Fried has been slapped with a 25-year sentence for defrauding numerous individuals who believed in his fake crypto empire, but many are unhappy with the "short" sentence. Others are demanding that all the donations he made to political campaigns be returned.

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Tracers in the Dark by Andy Greenberg

Episode 438 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Inverse

Selling stolen data on the darknet is a million-dollar industry, study finds

After data breaches, our information enters an illicit supply chain and earns hackers millions of dollars.

The Conversation

Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds

It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens once your personal data is stolen? Our research shows that, like most legal commodities, stolen data products flow through a supply chain consisting of producers, wholesalers and consumers. But this supply chain involves the interconnection of…

Daily Record

Stolen Bitcoin worth £3billion found in popcorn tin in hacker's home after a decade

James Zhong stole 50,000 bitcoin from dark web marketplace, Silk Road, in 2012 and had been stashing the hidden devices in an underground safe and on a single board computer concealed in a popcorn tin.

Daily Mirror

Missing stolen Bitcoin worth £3billion discovered stashed away in popcorn box

In what is one of the biggest Bitcoin busts of all time, police found the stash hidden in the home of 32-year-old James Zhong, who had stored the cryptocurrency on computer devices

Reason

Ross Ulbricht's First Nonfungible Token

A virtual collection of 10 artworks made by Ulbricht at various stages of his life was worth $6.3 million at the time of sale.

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