2025 EOY Report: News Story of the Year

The year 2025 will be chronicled in financial history as the inflection point where digital assets achieved systemic integration into mainstream institutional finance. Government validation arrived via comprehensive stablecoin legislation, the formal declaration of bitcoin as a strategic national reserve asset, and a pivotal political pardon that addressed core ideological tensions between technology and government … Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Takes Aim at President Trump’s Crypto Pardons and Ventures

California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a new state-backed website highlighting individuals pardoned or protected by President Donald Trump, including the pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht and several high-profile digital asset executives. Newsom Escalates Fight With President Trump Gavin Newsom‘s site and press release argue that Trump’s use of executive clemency has extended to … Read more

Kamala Harris Calls Ross Ulbricht ‘Fentanyl Dealer’ in New Memoir

The former U.S. Vice President’s new book details what she says is “the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.” Harris’s New Memoir Takes Aim at Ross Ulbricht, Rebranding Him as a ‘Fentanyl Dealer’ More than $200 million in drugs was sold across 13,000 listings on Ross Ulbricht’s online marketplace Silk Road, between 2011 and 2013, … Read more

Charlie Kirk Quietly Petitioned for Ross Ulbricht’s Pardon

The controversial political activist was gunned down by an unknown assailant during the first stop of his “American Comeback Tour.” The Kirk-Ulbricht Connection: A Quiet Push for a Presidential Pardon Few know this, but Charlie Kirk was a Bitcoiner. An even smaller cohort knows about Kirk’s behind-the-scenes campaign to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to … Read more

After 10 Years, Ross Ulbricht Speaks Out: ‘Bitcoin Doesn’t Work Without Freedom’

Ross Ulbricht delivered his first live public speech on May 29 since being granted a full presidential pardon by Donald Trump earlier this year. Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Delivers First Live Speech Following Trump Pardon Standing before a live audience on stage in Las Vegas at Bitcoin 2025, Ross Ulbricht marked a dramatic turn … Read more

Lyn Ulbricht Launches Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing at Bitcoin 2025 Event

Lyn Ulbricht, mother of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, unveiled a nonprofit called Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing (MACS) during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas—an initiative centered on criminal justice reform. MACS Founder Lyn Ulbricht Seeks Justice for Nonviolent Offenders The organization targets the issue of excessively punitive prison terms, especially for individuals convicted … Read more

Bidding Begins on Ross Ulbricht’s Pre-Arrest and Prison Mementos as He Embarks on New Chapter

On May 13, Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road marketplace, revealed his departure from Arizona, setting off on an undisclosed journey. In a striking move, Ulbricht disclosed plans to auction off select personal belongings—artifacts from his life before incarceration and mementos from his years behind bars. Turning the Page Ulbricht, who was fully … Read more

Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Pokes Fun at Ebay, Teases New Online Marketplace

The infamous libertarian was serving two life sentences for selling drugs online in exchange for bitcoin and had languished in prison for nearly twelve years. Ulbricht’s EBay Jab Sparks Speculation About New Online Marketplace Ross Ulbricht knows a thing or two about e-commerce. His site Silk Road, generated more than $200 million in sales according … Read more

Ross Ulbricht Defends Roger Ver: ‘No One Should Spend Life in Prison Over Taxes’

On Thursday, Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road, posted on social media expressing that Roger Ver warrants support and that “no one should spend the rest of their life in prison over taxes.” Ross Ulbricht Rallies Support for Roger Ver After regaining his freedom earlier this year, following Donald Trump’s inauguration and the … Read more