{"id":66081,"date":"2026-01-02T15:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66081"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:31:31","slug":"trump-pardoned-3-crypto-felons-in-10-months-heres-what-each-one-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66081","title":{"rendered":"Trump Pardoned 3 Crypto Felons In 10 Months\u2014Here&#8217;s What Each One Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> pardoned three high-profile crypto figures between January and October 2025, triggering allegations that personal financial ties influenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49637021\/donald-trumps-2025-crypto-playbook-heres-every-major-move-he-made\">executive clemency decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ross Ulbricht: The Silk Road Founder<\/h3>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/content\/44754684\/silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht-plans-first-public-appearance-since-release-at-bitcoin-conference\">granted<\/a> a full and unconditional pardon to <strong>Ross Ulbricht<\/strong> on Jan. 21, 2025, freeing the creator of the Silk Road marketplace after more than a decade behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>Ulbricht had been serving a double life sentence since 2013 for operating an online marketplace that prosecutors said facilitated roughly $1 billion in illegal transactions involving drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and LSD, largely settled in <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced the pardon on Truth Social, saying he personally called Ulbricht&#8217;s mother and credited support from libertarian voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He described those involved in Ulbricht&#8217;s prosecution as having &#8220;weaponized the government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the pardon, Ulbricht publicly praised Trump as &#8220;a man of his word.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blockchain analysis later showed wallets linked to Ulbricht still held about 430 BTC, valued at more than $45 million at &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49668012\/trump-pardoned-3-crypto-felons-in-10-months-heres-what-each-one-cost?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Trump\" pardoned crypto felons in months what each one cost>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump pardoned three high-profile crypto figures between January and October 2025, triggering allegations that personal financial ties influenced executive clemency decisions. Ross Ulbricht: The Silk Road Founder Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht on Jan. 21, 2025, freeing the creator of the Silk Road marketplace after more than a [&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-66081","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\/66081","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=66081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}