Last January, Donald Trump held his promise by freeing Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous black online black Silk Road. A promise made during his presidential campaign during the Convention of the Libertarian Party. Now, Ulbricht finds himself at the heart of the news following a mystery donation of 300 BTC, or $ 31.4 million.
- Donald Trump released Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road last January, respecting an electoral promise.
- Ulbricht received a mysterious donation of 300 BTC, or $ 31.4 million, arousing strong speculation on the origin of funds.
Ross Ulbricht is the subject of a donation of 300 BTC
Sunday, June 1, the company specializing in on-chain analysis, Lookonchain has revealed that a Donation of 300 BTC had been made to Ross Ulbricht.
“Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silkroad market place, received 300 BTC ($ 31.4 million) on his donation portfolio 8 hours ago. »»
A donation of more than $ 31 million in currentwhich is to date the most important donation received by Ulbricht.
Unsurprisingly, this donation immediately aroused strong speculation about its origins and authenticity.
Refuted suspicions of self-give
At first, some observers have suggested that it could be profits hidden by Ulbricht before his arrest. Indeed, during his arrest, 144,342 Bitcoins had been seized by the American authorities. Many speculations had then considered that it was not the full loot of Ulbricht.
Thus, the origin of this intrigue donation. Indeed, the BTC passed through Jamblea centralized mix service, which has fueled the rumor of a self-dying since its own secret reserve.
A track refuted On X by the Zachxbt cryptocurrency:
« It is probably not a personal gift as people claimed, although it comes from a dubious source due to the address reported. »»
A origin, however doubtful
However, this has not faded doubts about the questionable character of the origin of funds.
On the one hand, the use of Jamble, a centralized crypto mix platform questions. According to Zachxbtthis donation would not be the work of a user simply attached to his private lifebecause he would probably have used a decentralized service.
By trying to find the track of the original address, Zachxbt identifies two addresses. One involved has an activity on exchange platforms dating back to 2014, while the other, active in 2019, had already been reported by conformity tools.
The two addresses have deposited large amounts on Jamble at periods close to the reception of the 300 BTC by Ulbricht, after a long period of inactivity since November 2019.
“These addresses deposited significant sums at Jamble at times similar to the 300 BTC that the donor Ross received Jamble. The two had Dormant BTCs from November 2019 until the deposits of mixers made from April to May 2025. ”
Especially since several addresses potentially linked to Ulbricht are already actively monitored. Indeed, the director of the product strategy and commercial operations of Coinbase revealed last January that 430 BTC linked to Ulbricht would not have been seized by the authorities.