Nifty News: Ulbricht’s NFT bids top 261 ETH, Irishman producer funds movies with NFTs
Silk Roads lead to nonfungile tokens Bidding for a 1/1 NFT auction created by imprisoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has surpassed 261 Ether (ETH), $1.17 million at the time of writing. The NFT depicts a hand-drawn illustration from Ulbricht of a psychedelic eye, and is part of a collection of writings and nine other […]
Imprisoned Silk Road founder causes a stir with NFT drop
Ross Ulbricht, founder of defunct dark web marketplace Silk Road, has created a stir by announcing he will auction off his series of nonfungible tokens (NFT) starting Dec. 2. The imprisoned early Bitcoin adopter announced via his supporter operated Twitter account on Dec. 1 his plans to auction the Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection on Superare […]
Sources claim ‘sympathetic’ Trump is considering pardon for Silk Road founder
According to The Daily Beast, outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump is considering granting clemency to Ross Ulbricht — the founder and operator of the pioneering darknet market, Silk Road. Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and received two life sentences without parole for non-violent offenses in 2015. The anonymous sources relied on in the report claim […]
Movie based on darknet market Silk Road premiering in February
The film will reportedly focus on what led to Ross Ulbricht’s arrest as the founder of the darknet marketplace.