Trump Commutes Ross Ulbricht’s Life Sentence
- Donald Trump commuted Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence for creating Silk Road.
- Ulbricht was arrested in October 2013 and convicted in 2015.
- Silk Road facilitated illegal transactions using Bitcoin, popularizing its early use.
- U.S. authorities seized approximately 174,000 BTC from Silk Road wallets.
- The commutation fulfills Trump’s campaign promise made if re-elected.
President Trump has officially commuted Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence, fulfilling a campaign promise to address what many Bitcoin advocates viewed as an excessively harsh penalty. The Silk Road creator had been serving since his arrest in October 2013.
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