{"id":35332,"date":"2025-01-22T12:29:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T09:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=35332"},"modified":"2025-01-22T12:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T09:29:54","slug":"trump-pardons-silk-road-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/trump-pardons-silk-road-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/trump-and-melania-tokens-crash-hardest-as-memecoins-bleed\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has announced that he has pardoned <strong>Ross Ulbricht<\/strong>, the founder of the online illegal marketplace <strong>Silk Road<\/strong>. Ulbricht, who has been in prison for 12 years, received a full and unconditional pardon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/trump-pardons-silk-road-founder\/#Trumps_Statements\" title=\"Trump&#8217;s Statements\">Trump&#8217;s Statements<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/trump-pardons-silk-road-founder\/#The_Story_of_Silk_Road_and_Ross_Ulbricht\" title=\"The Story of Silk Road and Ross Ulbricht\">The Story of Silk Road and Ross Ulbricht<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/trump-pardons-silk-road-founder\/#Crypto_Communitys_Support\" title=\"Crypto Community&#8217;s Support\">Crypto Community&#8217;s Support<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trumps_Statements\"><\/span>Trump&#8217;s Statements<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Trump made the following statements regarding the pardon:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross.<\/strong><\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also described Ulbricht&#8217;s sentence of 40 years plus two life terms as &#8220;<em><strong>ridiculous<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Story_of_Silk_Road_and_Ross_Ulbricht\"><\/span>The Story of Silk Road and Ross Ulbricht<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ross Ulbricht was arrested in <strong>2013<\/strong> and sentenced to life in prison without parole in <strong>2015<\/strong>. Ulbricht was punished for his role in founding and operating Silk Road.<\/p>\n<p>Silk Road was an anonymous darknet marketplace where users could buy and sell both illegal and legal products using Bitcoin. This platform played a major role in Bitcoin&#8217;s early adoption.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crypto_Communitys_Support\"><\/span>Crypto Community&#8217;s Support<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pardoning Ulbricht was one of Trump&#8217;s many promises to the crypto community. Trump had pledged to pardon Ulbricht on his first day if re-elected.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, many people argued that Ulbricht&#8217;s role in Silk Road was exaggerated and that the platform&#8217;s free trade approach represented more than just crime. Some contended that he didn&#8217;t deserve a life sentence because both legal and illegal products were traded on the platform.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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Trump&#8217;s Statements Trump made the following statements regarding the pardon: &#8220;I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":35333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1730,6332,3956,1219],"class_list":["post-35332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-ross-ulbricht","tag-silk-road","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/trump-pardons-silk-road-founder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online illegal marketplace Silk Road. 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