#BTCBreaks110K A $31 million Bitcoin donation to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht may have come from former ‘darknet’ marketplace AlphaBay, according to Chainalysis
Ross Ulbricht, the former founder of the now-defunct drug trafficking site Silk Road, recently received an anonymous donation of 300 Bitcoins, worth around $31 million, according to reporting from WIRED. Following days of speculation, crypto investigation firm Cainalysis believes the donation came from someone associated with the now-defunct website known as AlphaBay, a platform that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) previously called “the largest marketplace on the Darknet.”
