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Silk Road Creator Says Site Started For Freedom, Not Crime

May 28, 2015
Silk Road Investigators Charged With Bitcoin Laundering
News // March 31, 2015

The case of the Silk Road online illegal drug marketplace has found itself back in the news, as criminal accusations tied to the bitcoins that funded the site have been tangled up in another criminal matter. Former Drug Enforcement Administration officer Carl Mark Force IV and former...

Convicted Silk Road Leader Wants Retrial
News // March 10, 2015

Ross Ulbricht, the convicted creator of the Silk Road online drug bazaar, is set to be sentenced in May, but his lawyer has filed a motion in New York federal court requesting a retrial, CryptoCoinsNews reported. Ulbricht, the self-declared libertarian economist who claimed he created...

Mt Gox Robbery an Inside Job, Report Suggests
News // February 23, 2015

New evidence suggests the downfall of the Tokyo based Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox might have been an inside job executed by an automated bot. According to a report released by Bitcoin security consulting firm Wizsec, the unofficial investigation run by the company has generated evidence...

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Convicted Silk Road Leader Wants Retrial

March 10, 2015
Ross Ulbricht, the convicted creator of the Silk Road online drug bazaar, is set to be sentenced in May, but his lawyer has filed a motion in New York federal court requesting a retrial, CryptoCoinsNews reported. Ulbricht, the self-declared libertarian economist who claimed he created the site as an economic experiment, was convicted in February […]