川普總統赦免絲路創辦人羅斯烏布利希

川普總統兌現了他的一項關鍵競選承諾——至少對於加密貨幣界的人來說——赦免了絲綢之路創始人羅斯·烏布利希(Ross Ulbricht)的判決。

Former Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht will be released imminently after President Donald Trump pardoned his life sentence.

前絲綢之路創始人羅斯·烏布利希在唐納德·特朗普總統赦免其無期徒刑後將立即獲釋。

Trump announced the pardon on Truth Social on Friday, crediting Ulbricht's mother and the Libertarian Movement for their support.

川普週五在《真相社會》上宣布了赦免，並感謝烏布利希的母親和自由主義運動的支持。

"It was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross," Trump wrote in the post.

川普在帖子中寫道：“我很高興剛剛簽署了對她兒子羅斯的全面無條件赦免。”

The move follows then-candidate Trump promising a "Day One" commutation of Ulbricht's sentence last May while addressing the Libertarian Party convention.

此前，當時的候選人川普去年五月在自由黨大會上發表演說時承諾「第一天」為烏布利希減刑。

Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and distributing narcotics, along with a host of related crimes, via his operation of the darknet Silk Road marketplace. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

烏布利希於 2015 年被定罪，罪名是透過經營暗網絲綢之路市場從事持續犯罪活動和分銷毒品以及一系列相關犯罪。他被判處終身監禁，不得假釋。

The price of bitcoin rose in the minutes following the news, possibly as the pardon, along with a flurry of executive orders over the past hours, signals the president's intention to follow through on campaign promises.

消息傳出後的幾分鐘內，比特幣的價格上漲，可能是因為赦免以及過去幾個小時內的一系列行政命令表明總統打算履行競選承諾。

Another one of those promises was a far friendlier crypto regulatory stance, including the possibility of the creation of a strategic bitcoin reserve.

其中另一個承諾是更友善的加密貨幣監管立場，包括建立戰略比特幣儲備的可能性。

Ulbricht's case became a cause célèbre for many in the crypto community who note he did not himself sell drugs or other illegal items but instead operated a platform where others were allowed to transact.

烏布利希的案件引起了加密貨幣社區許多人的關注，他們指出，他本人並沒有出售毒品或其他非法物品，而是經營著一個允許其他人進行交易的平台。

However, prosecutors argued that as the operator of Silk Road, Ulbricht was ultimately responsible for the narcotics sales that took place on the marketplace and that he also solicited the murders of former employees who threatened to expose Silk Road.

然而，檢察官辯稱，作為絲綢之路的運營商，烏布利希最終應對市場上發生的毒品銷售負責，並且他還慫恿謀殺威脅要揭露絲綢之路的前僱員。

Those murder-for-hire charges were ultimately dropped after a federal judge ruled that prosecutors had engaged in misconduct during the investigation.

在聯邦法官裁定檢察官在調查期間存在不當行為後，這些僱傭謀殺指控最終被撤銷。