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.

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.

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 ...

Ross Ulbricht, the convicted founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, has once again found himself in the spotlight after receiving and quickly withdrawing a large Bitcoin donation worth $31 ...

Yes, Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road dark web marketplace The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among ...

Ross Ulbricht’s recent substantial donation of 300 Bitcoin likely wasn’t the Silk Road founder sending himself funds, onchain detective ZachXBT says.

A mysterious 300 BTC donation sent to Ross Ulbricht sparks debate over its source as blockchain analysts weigh in.

An auction of Ross Ulbricht’s personal items raised over $1.8M in Bitcoin as collectors bid for pieces of Silk Road history.

Crypto wallets connected to Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht lost $12 million after a trading blunder, says blockchain analytics firm Arkham.

Charles Bethea on President Donald Trump’s pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence in connection with his operation and ownership of Silk Road, a black-market Web site that ...

Ross Ulbricht, founder of the now-defunct darknet drug market previously known as Silk Road, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at his future plans in a video posted to X.