{"id":273272,"date":"2022-11-07T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=273272"},"modified":"2022-11-07T18:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:38:46","slug":"silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Attorney has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/us-attorney-announces-historic-336-billion-cryptocurrency-seizure-and-conviction\">announced<\/a> that the Department of Justice has officially seized Bitcoin valued at $3.36 billion at the time of appropriation in connection with the 2012 Silk Road fraud. The seized Bitcoin is valued at $1.05 billion as of press time.<\/p>\n<p>A press release issued on Nov. 7 stated that &#8220;Over 50,676 Bitcoin Hidden in Devices in Defendant JAMES ZHONG's Home&#8221; has been taken into custody following Zhong's conviction at trial on Nov. 4. The Bitcoin seizure marks not just the largest crypto haul in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice but the DOJ's most significant financial seizure ever.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes alongside the revelation that Zhong pleaded guilty to charges of fraud on Nov. 4 &#8220;to committing wire fraud in September 2012 when he unlawfully obtained over 50,000 Bitcoin from the Silk Road dark web internet marketplace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cJames Zhong committed wire fraud over a decade ago when he stole approximately 50,000 Bitcoin from Silk Road.\u00a0 For almost ten years, the whereabouts of this massive chunk of missing Bitcoin had ballooned into an over $3.3 billion mystery.\u00a0 Thanks to state-of-the-art cryptocurrency tracing and good old-fashioned police work, law enforcement located and recovered this impressive cache of crime proceeds.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Williams confirmed that some of the Bitcoin was hidden in a &#8220;circuit board in the bottom of a popcorn tin,&#8221; according to the release indicating that Zhong had hidden the crypto in such a manner.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/news\/how-us-government-handles-its-stash-bitcoins\/#:~:text=The%20bitcoins%20are%20typically%20sold,custody%20of%20U.S.%20law%20enforcement.\">typically<\/a> sells off seized crypto in batches meaning that over 50,000 BTC may hit the market in the coming weeks and months. It is unknown whether the latest cache of Bitcoin will be auctioned off, but it is common practice within the U.S. legal system to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The case against Zhong stated that he created several accounts on the Silk Road marketplace before &#8220;triggering over 140 transactions in rapid succession in order to trick Silk Road's withdrawal processing system into releasing approximately 50,000 Bitcoin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zhong later received the same amount in Bitcoin Cash following the Bitcoin hard fork in 2017, which he also converted into Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Following Zhong's guilty plea on Nov. 4, the judge &#8220;entered a Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture as to Specific Property and Substitute Assets\/Money Judgment forfeiting ZHONG's interest in&#8221; the Bitcoin along with other assets.<\/p>\n<p>IRS agents recovered over 50,000 Bitcoin in November 2021 from Zhong's Georgia home. Zhong also handed over additional Bitcoin up until June of this year. The initial Bitcoin was recovered from an underground safe and a single-board computer inside a popcorn tin.<\/p>\n<p>Zhong is facing up to 20 years in prison for the crime.<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated Nov. 7, 6.37 pm to amend the valuation of the seized Bitcoin to current prices as opposed to those reported by the DOJ.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Attorney has announced that the Department of Justice has officially seized Bitcoin valued at $3.36 billion at the time of appropriation in connection with the 2012 Silk Road fraud. The seized Bitcoin is valued at $1.05 billion as of press time. A press release issued on Nov. 7 stated that &#8220;Over 50,676 Bitcoin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":273298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76799,60793,9836,6849],"tags":[],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"50,676BTC has been taken into U.S. custody following the conviction of Silk Road attacker James Zhong who pleaded guilty on Nov. 4\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"50,676BTC has been taken into U.S. custody following the conviction of Silk Road attacker James Zhong who pleaded guilty on Nov. 4\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CryptoSlate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-07T16:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-07T18:38:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bitcoin-silk-road.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Liam &#039;Akiba&#039; Wright\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@akibablade\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/#person\",\"name\":\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/#authorimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\"},\"jobTitle\":\"Editor-in-Chief\",\"description\":\"Liam \u201cAkiba\u201d Wright is CryptoSlate\u2019s Editor-in-Chief, reporter and podcast producer, focused on decentralized tech\u2019s positive impact.\",\"worksFor\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.akiba.gg\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/akibablade\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liamandrewwright\",\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/liam-wright\/articles\"]},\"headline\":\"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-07T16:35:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-07T18:38:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/\"},\"wordCount\":470,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Crime\",\"Legal\",\"Scams\",\"Trading\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/\",\"name\":\"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-07T16:35:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-07T18:38:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"50,676BTC has been taken into U.S. custody following the conviction of Silk Road attacker James Zhong who pleaded guilty on Nov. 4\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/\",\"name\":\"CryptoSlate\",\"description\":\"Cryptocurrency News and Real-time Coin Data\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"NewsMediaOrganization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CryptoSlate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"CryptoSlate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.substack.com\",\"https:\/\/t.me\/cryptoslatenews\",\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/iq.wiki\/wiki\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKggKIiRDQklTRlFnTWFoRUtEMk55ZVhCMGIzTnNZWFJsTG1OdmJTZ0FQAQ\",\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/media-outlet\/cryptoslate\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cryptoslatenews\"],\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#editorial-principles\",\"ownershipFundingInfo\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/how-cryptoslate-makes-and-spends-money\/\",\"correctionsPolicy\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#corrections-feedback\",\"ethicsPolicy\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#editorial-principles\",\"foundingDate\":\"2017-08-04\",\"founder\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Nate Whitehill\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matthew Blancarte\"}],\"contactPoint\":[{\"@type\":\"ContactPoint\",\"contactType\":\"customer support\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/contact\/\",\"availableLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ContactPoint\",\"contactType\":\"sales\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/advertising\/\",\"availableLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ContactPoint\",\"contactType\":\"newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#corrections-feedback\",\"email\":\"tips@cryptoslate.com\",\"availableLanguage\":\"en-US\"}],\"masthead\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/about\/#masthead\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2b02b41a7478e18d903ca8eec4979e\",\"name\":\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Liam 'Akiba' Wright\"},\"description\":\"Also known as \\\"Akiba,\\\" Liam Wright is the Editor-in-Chief at CryptoSlate and host of the SlateCast. He believes that together decentralized blockchain and AI technology have the potential to make widespread positive change.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.akiba.gg\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/akibablade\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akibablade\"],\"award\":[\"Most improved footballer - 1992\"],\"knowsAbout\":[\"Python\",\"Javascript\",\"PHP\",\"HTML\",\"Agentic Software\",\"Machine Learning\",\"2000s emo music\",\"Manchester United\"],\"knowsLanguage\":[\"English\",\"Spanish\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation","description":"50,676BTC has been taken into U.S. custody following the conviction of Silk Road attacker James Zhong who pleaded guilty on Nov. 4","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation","og_description":"50,676BTC has been taken into U.S. custody following the conviction of Silk Road attacker James Zhong who pleaded guilty on Nov. 4","og_url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/","og_site_name":"CryptoSlate","article_published_time":"2022-11-07T16:35:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-07T18:38:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bitcoin-silk-road.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@akibablade","twitter_site":"@cryptoslate","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/"},"author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/#person","name":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/#authorimage","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam.jpg","caption":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright"},"jobTitle":"Editor-in-Chief","description":"Liam \u201cAkiba\u201d Wright is CryptoSlate\u2019s Editor-in-Chief, reporter and podcast producer, focused on decentralized tech\u2019s positive impact.","worksFor":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.akiba.gg","https:\/\/x.com\/akibablade","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liamandrewwright","https:\/\/muckrack.com\/liam-wright\/articles"]},"headline":"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation","datePublished":"2022-11-07T16:35:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-07T18:38:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/"},"wordCount":470,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Crime","Legal","Scams","Trading"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/","name":"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-07T16:35:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-07T18:38:46+00:00","description":"50,676BTC has been taken into U.S. custody following the conviction of Silk Road attacker James Zhong who pleaded guilty on Nov. 4","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/silk-road-bitcoin-worth-3-36b-seized-by-doj-after-10-year-investigation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/","name":"CryptoSlate","description":"Cryptocurrency News and Real-time Coin Data","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#organization","name":"CryptoSlate","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/c-logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"CryptoSlate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/cryptoslate.substack.com","https:\/\/t.me\/cryptoslatenews","https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/iq.wiki\/wiki\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKggKIiRDQklTRlFnTWFoRUtEMk55ZVhCMGIzTnNZWFJsTG1OdmJTZ0FQAQ","https:\/\/muckrack.com\/media-outlet\/cryptoslate","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cryptoslatenews"],"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#editorial-principles","ownershipFundingInfo":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/how-cryptoslate-makes-and-spends-money\/","correctionsPolicy":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#corrections-feedback","ethicsPolicy":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#editorial-principles","foundingDate":"2017-08-04","founder":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nate Whitehill"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Matthew Blancarte"}],"contactPoint":[{"@type":"ContactPoint","contactType":"customer support","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/contact\/","availableLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ContactPoint","contactType":"sales","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/advertising\/","availableLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ContactPoint","contactType":"newsroom","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/disclaimers\/editorial-policy\/#corrections-feedback","email":"tips@cryptoslate.com","availableLanguage":"en-US"}],"masthead":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/about\/#masthead"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2b02b41a7478e18d903ca8eec4979e","name":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-liam-150x150.jpg","caption":"Liam 'Akiba' Wright"},"description":"Also known as \"Akiba,\" Liam Wright is the Editor-in-Chief at CryptoSlate and host of the SlateCast. He believes that together decentralized blockchain and AI technology have the potential to make widespread positive change.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.akiba.gg","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/akibablade","https:\/\/twitter.com\/akibablade"],"award":["Most improved footballer - 1992"],"knowsAbout":["Python","Javascript","PHP","HTML","Agentic Software","Machine Learning","2000s emo music","Manchester United"],"knowsLanguage":["English","Spanish"],"url":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/liam-akiba-wright\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273272"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273331,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273272\/revisions\/273331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273272"},{"taxonomy":"prediction_market_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prediction_market_topic?post=273272"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=273272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}