WASHINGTON, D.C. – Shugaba Donald Trump ya yi alkawarin cewa zai rage hukuncin da aka yanke wa Ross Ulbricht, wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin daurin rai da rai a shekarar 2015, zuwa lokacin da ya yi a gidan yari, idan ya ci zaben shugaban kasa na 2024.
Ulbricht, wanda yanzu yana da shekaru 40, an kama shi a watan Oktoba na shekarar 2013 a San Francisco bayan an zarge shi da gudanar da shafin yanar gizon Silk Road, wanda aka fi sani da “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Shafin yanar gizon ya kasance yana sayar da magunguna da sauran kayayyaki haram yayin da yake karÉ“ar kuÉ—i ta hanyar Bitcoin.
A watan Fabrairun 2015, an yanke masa hukunci kan laifuffuka da suka haɗa da fataucin miyagun ƙwayoyi da makircin yin safarar kuɗi da kuma kutse kwamfuta. An yanke masa hukuncin daurin rai da rai tare da ƙarin shekaru 40 a gidan yari.
Duk da yunƙurin da ya yi na daukaka kara zuwa Kotun Koli, hukuncin ya tsaya, kuma yana ci gaba da zaman gidan yari a wani gidan yari mai tsaro sosai a Arizona.
A ranar Talata, Sanata Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ya rubuta wa Shugaba Trump yana roƙonsa ya yi wa Ulbricht jinƙai. A cikin wasiƙar, Paul ya bayyana cewa Ulbricht yana cikin gidan yari na shekaru da yawa ba tare da izinin fita ba saboda laifuffukan da ba su haifar da tashin hankali ba.
Paolo Ardoino, CTO na Tether, ya bayyana cewa sakin Ulbricht na iya yin tasiri ga kasuwar Bitcoin, saboda rawar da ya taka a farkon amfani da Bitcoin. Ardoino ya kuma yi hasashen cewa sakin nasa na iya haifar da sauye-sauye a cikin yanayin kasuwa da kuma tattaunawa kan dokokin cryptocurrency.
A ranar 22 ga Janairu, 2025, Ardoino ya sanar da sakin Ulbricht ta hanyar X (wanda aka fi sani da Twitter), wanda ya haifar da hauhawar farashin Bitcoin da kashi 5.4% a cikin mintuna 15 na farko bayan sanarwar. Ethereum kuma ya sami karuwar kashi 3.2%.
Kasuwannin cryptocurrency sun nuna alamun haɓaka, tare da haɓakar yawan ciniki da kuma haɓakar adiresoshin da ke aiki a cikin hanyar sadarwar Bitcoin. Waɗannan sauye-sauye sun nuna cewa sakin Ulbricht ya haifar da tasiri mai mahimmanci ga kasuwar cryptocurrency.
