IBM Exec Forecasts a Million-Dollar Bitcoin — When a Sat Will Equal a Cent “If bitcoin is at a million dollars, then [one] satoshi is on value parity with the U.S. penny,” said Jesse Lund, vice president of Blockchain and Digital Currencies at IBM

An IBM executive is unfazed by the current market realities, saying he sees Bitcoin (BTC) reaching a value of $1 million as a future possibility. Jesse Lund, vice president of … Read More

U.S. Marshals to Auction Off $4.3 Million in Bitcoin The sealed bid auction is for nearly 660 bitcoins which were seized in a series of federal criminal, administrative and civil cases over the years.

The U.S. Marshals agency has announced plans to auction $4.3 million worth of bitcoin (BTC) in November 2018. The sealed bid auction is for nearly 660 bitcoins which were seized in a … Read More

Investigating The Staged Assassinations Of Silk Road Staged assassinations perpetrated by federal agents were key to the demise of the Silk Road darknet marketplace, a critical Bitcoin use case.

This article was originally published on Medium in March 2020. Summary We review three enthralling criminal indictments in the United States, which were published between 2013 and 2015 and related to the … Read More

Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit From Silk Road Founder, Bitcoin Pioneer Ross Ulbricht A federal court has dismissed a religious rights lawsuit filed by Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who is seeking closer communication with his family.

A federal court in Arizona has dismissed a religious rights lawsuit filed in May by convicted Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht against the Federal Bureau of Prisons, according to an order signed … Read More

A Decade Later, Ross Ulbricht’s Silk Road Sentencing Demonstrates The Government’s Fear Of Bitcoin Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht’s excessive 2013 sentencing betrays the U.S. government’s fear of Bitcoin and dollar competition.

This is an opinion editorial by Aaron Daniel, an appellate attorney and author of “The Bitcoin Brief,” and William D. Mueller, an appellate attorney with a nationwide practice. Following a multi-week trial … Read More

Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht: ‘Why Defend A Murderer?’ Ross Ulbricht is free, but unproven allegations against the Silk Road founder overshadow his well deserved pardon in some corners of the internet.

Ross Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for creating the darknet market Silk Road, is free. Ulbricht is a freedom fighter to some, and a dangerous … Read More