{"id":631,"date":"2024-10-03T13:16:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2024-10-03T13:16:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:16:38","slug":"save-ross-ulbricht-how-donald-trump-got-interested-in-the-imprisoned-silk-road-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Save Ross Ulbricht!&#8217; How Donald Trump Got Interested In The Imprisoned Silk Road Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41156448\/trump-vows-to-save-silk-road-creator-ulbricht-now-12-years-into-sentence-for-bitcoin-fuele\">renewed his promise<\/a> on Wednesday to \u201csave\u201d <strong>Ross Ulbricht<\/strong>, the founder of the notorious <strong>Silk Road <\/strong>marketplace, reigniting discussions around crypto, justice and government overreach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113240049398857290\">took to<\/a> Truth Social, proclaiming, \u201cI WILL SAVE ROSS ULBRICHT!\u201d\u2014a declaration that has stirred both controversy and hope among crypto advocates.<\/p>\n<p>His case is deeply intertwined with the rise of Silk Road, the online marketplace that helped thrust Bitcoin into public consciousness, while simultaneously associating it with illegal activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/08\/40652988\/silk-road-2-0-founder-talks-crypto-i-remember-when-bitcoin-was-just-100-we-thought-we-miss\">Silk Road<\/a>, launched in 2011, was a pioneering darknet marketplace that used Bitcoin to facilitate anonymous transactions, mostly for illegal goods and services. While it showcased Bitcoin\u2019s potential for decentralized payments, it also marred its image, linking the cryptocurrency to criminal activities. Ulbricht, operating under the alias \u201cDread Pirate Roberts,\u201d was arrested in 2013 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41163889\/save-ross-ulbricht-how-donald-trump-got-interested-in-the-imprisoned-silk-road-founder\" alt=\"'Save\" ross ulbricht how donald trump got interested in the imprisoned silk road founder>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump renewed his promise on Wednesday to \u201csave\u201d Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the notorious Silk Road marketplace, reigniting discussions around crypto, justice and government overreach. What Happened: Trump took to Truth Social, proclaiming, \u201cI WILL SAVE ROSS ULBRICHT!\u201d\u2014a declaration that has stirred both controversy and hope among crypto advocates. His case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}