SBF-Ross Ulbricht

[PrimeNumber7]

According to various news reports, Ulbricht had approximately 144,000 Bitcoin back in 2013 and were worth around $28 million but what happened to those funds is unclear.

As it stands, I do not accept the story of the 6400 BTC as there was no source mentioned in the tweet. Which of these addresses supposedly belongs to Ulbricht: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

This might be the most fun part of the story.
Forced into a long-term hold because he was in prison, and that made him quite rich 

A dormant address containing 6400 #BTC (678,400,177 USD) has just been activated after 13.0 years!

https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881855240393400378

Fact check: the author of the tweet has admitted it was a joke:
https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881980434382492099?t=RcLkPY8dwaVVZUaT4W9CRw&s=19

somehow ended up on the wrong audience's feed!

yes this is a JOKE

[JollyGood]

Thank you for posting this.

Thankfully I do not take everything posted online as an automatic fact or at face value. I suspected there was something not quite right about the alleged wallet belonging to Ulbricht. That sort of misinformation does not help the situation especially when related to young man sentenced for life term imprisonment that has just received a presidential pardon.

Fact check: the author of the tweet has admitted it was a joke:
https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881980434382492099?t=RcLkPY8dwaVVZUaT4W9CRw&s=19

somehow ended up on the wrong audience's feed!

yes this is a JOKE

[PrimeNumber7]

Thank you for posting this.

Thankfully I do not take everything posted online as an automatic fact or at face value. I suspected there was something not quite right about the alleged wallet belonging to Ulbricht. That sort of misinformation does not help the situation especially when related to young man sentenced for life term imprisonment that has just received a presidential pardon.

Fact check: the author of the tweet has admitted it was a joke:
https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881980434382492099?t=RcLkPY8dwaVVZUaT4W9CRw&s=19

somehow ended up on the wrong audience's feed!

yes this is a JOKE

you’re welcome.

I looked at the tweet itself and there’s a community note that points out what I said. Unfortunately the forum doesn’t allow for tweets to be embedded

[dkbit98]

Hard to say, but doubtful. At one point Trump referred to Snowden as a traitor. Then as president (the first time around) he mulled the prospects of a pardon, but of course never went through with it.

I think this is possible because of current political situation and war in that region, they could potentially use Snowden for some negotiation deals since he is still located in Russia I think.
This is just my wild speculation, but if Biden can pardon his son and whole family... them anything can happen in 2025.

[PrimeNumber7]

Could Edward Snowden be next on the list for release?

Hard to say, but doubtful. At one point Trump referred to Snowden as a traitor. Then as president (the first time around) he mulled the prospects of a pardon, but of course never went through with it.

https://san.com/cc/support-of-edward-snowden-pardon-grows-as-2nd-trump-term-nears/

Its actually a much bigger can of worms than Ross to deal with as a politician, given the implications of what such a pardon could mean (whether or not its OK to expose government secrets in certain instances).

At the end of Trump's first term, he was about to get impeached, and a controversial pardon could have gotten him convicted.

If Trump gives Snowden a pardon, he will do so towards the end of his term, close to inauguration day.

[nutildah]

At the end of Trump's first term, he was about to get impeached, and a controversial pardon could have gotten him convicted.

He was impeached during office - twice - and the reasons had nothing to do with Snowden... not even remotely:

- abuse of power & obstruction of office (#1)
- incitement of insurrection (#2)

Since then he's been convicted on 34 felony charges, so its hard to believe that prospect mattered to him.

This is what Trump actually said about pardoning Snowden and Assange, if anyone's interested:

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-close-pardoning-julian-assange-edward-snowden-candace-owens-1662153
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-pardon-list-edward-snowden-julian-assange-reality-winner-1562968

[PrimeNumber7]

At the end of Trump's first term, he was about to get impeached, and a controversial pardon could have gotten him convicted.

He was impeached during office - twice - and the reasons had nothing to do with Snowden... not even remotely:

- abuse of power & obstruction of office (#1)
- incitement of insurrection (#2)

impeachments are political. Trump making  politically unpopular pardons would erode his political support in the senate. So there may have been more republican senators willing to convict.

[airfinex]

I am 100% sure that this is a coincidence. Ross Ulbricht was given 250,000 dollars by Kraken, he has the means to live.

According to various news reports, Ulbricht had approximately 144,000 Bitcoin back in 2013 and were worth around $28 million but what happened to those funds is unclear.

As it stands, I do not accept the story of the 6400 BTC as there was no source mentioned in the tweet. Which of these addresses supposedly belongs to Ulbricht: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

This might be the most fun part of the story.
Forced into a long-term hold because he was in prison, and that made him quite rich 

A dormant address containing 6400 #BTC (678,400,177 USD) has just been activated after 13.0 years!

https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881855240393400378

Fact check: the author of the tweet has admitted it was a joke:
https://x.com/MatriXBT/status/1881980434382492099?t=RcLkPY8dwaVVZUaT4W9CRw&s=19

somehow ended up on the wrong audience's feed!

yes this is a JOKE