Ross Ulbricht’s recent receipt of 300 Bitcoin is from “questionable sources,” but it’s unlikely to be a case where he donated it to himself, says blockchain researcher ZachXBT.
Ulbricht, who founded the infamous online black market Silk Road, received 300 Bitcoin ( data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price” title=”null”>BTC), worth $31.4 million, to his wallet that was soliciting donations, Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1929015485439389888/photo/1″ title=”null”>said in a June 1 post to X.
The funds came from wallets using a data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-mixer-and-how-does-it-work” title=”null”>centralized mixing service called Jambler, which led some social media users to speculate, without evidence,…
