{"id":80419,"date":"2018-09-03T03:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=80419"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:43:17","slug":"dread-pirate-roberts-whale-wallet-activity-hints-toward-800-million-bitcoin-market-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/dread-pirate-roberts-whale-wallet-activity-hints-toward-800-million-bitcoin-market-dump\/","title":{"rendered":"Dread Pirate Roberts Whale Wallet Activity Hints Toward $800 Million Bitcoin Market Dump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost $800 million worth of Bitcoin<\/a> and Bitcoin Cash<\/a> has been withdrawn from wallets associated with defunct cryptocurrency \u201cblack market\u201d Silk Road marketplace and linked to Silk Road owner Ross \u201cDread Pirate Roberts\u201d Ulbricht, signaling a potential large-scale Bitcoin market dump.<\/p>\n

The Silk Road-related cryptocurrency wallet activity, first observed<\/a> by cryptocurrency community members on Aug. 30, has seen over 111,000 BTC and BCH distributed into smaller chunks, with the total amount scattered across 80 wallets \u2014 potentially to be dumped onto the cryptocurrency market.<\/p>\n

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Related Story:\u00a0Tokyo Whale Prepares 8,000 BTC Dump as Crypto Bloodbath Continues<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The movement of such large amounts of Bitcoin could have a significant impact on the Bitcoin market \u2014 earlier this year, the movement of 16,000 BTC from wallets associated with the Mt Gox scandal sparked intense speculation<\/a>, resulting in a thousand-dollar price drop over one week.<\/p>\n

Silk Road Bitcoin Movement Alerts Crypto Community<\/h2>\n

The vast sum of Bitcoin and Bitcoin cash is linked to alleged Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht\u2014one of the first transactions to the wallet from which the BTC has been distributed was from a wallet publicly claimed by Ulbricht in a 2011 BitcoinTalk forum post. Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 for operating multimillion-dollar dark web drug market Silk Road under the pseudonym \u201cDread Pirate Roberts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The wallet<\/a> in question has not remained inactive since Ulbricht\u2019s arrest, however. Transactions both inbound and outbound have occurred over the last several years, hinting toward a potential second party involved with the operation of the defunct Silk Road platform.<\/p>\n

The Silk Road bust has remained a controversial topic within the cryptocurrency community since the arrest of Ulbricht \u2014 Ulbricht's attorneys Dratel and Lindsay Lewis note<\/a> that forensic analysis of the Silk Road forum demonstrated that Ulbricht\u2019s credentials were used to log into the platform fully six weeks after the arrest of the operator.<\/p>\n

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Related:\u00a0$1.8 Million in Bitcoin Seized from Alleged Silk Road Drug Dealer<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The investigation into the Silk Road case has been further obfuscated by the involvement of corrupt federal agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges stole thousands of Bitcoin from the Silk Road, while DEA agent Carl Mark Force attempted to extort Ulbricht, selling the alleged operator secret information from the Silk Road investigation while it was in operation. Both federal agents have since been convicted.<\/p>\n

Ulbricht appealed<\/a> to the US Supreme Court in 2017, seeking to have the conviction and life sentence delivered by authorities overturned on the grounds that the US government\u2019s use of devices to capture internet routing data without first obtaining a warrant violated his constitutional right against unlawful searches.<\/p>\n

The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court in June 2018, but ongoing community action has led to the creation of a Change.org petition <\/a>seeking clemency for Ulbricht that has captured over 70,000 supporters. \u00a0While none of the transactions that have divided the 111,000 BTC held within the original wallet have sent BTC to any known cryptocurrency exchange addresses, but the movement of such a large sum of cryptocurrency could potentially see a significant amount of Bitcoin brought to market in the near future.<\/p>\n

Silk Road Wallet Linked to Craig Wright<\/h2>\n

The wallet purportedly associated with the Silk Road cases has also been linked to Bitcoin Cash proponent and unverified claimant to the throne of Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright. Legal documents<\/a> associated with the Kleiman Estate vs Craig Wright case link Wright to the wallet, but Wright\u2019s history of making unverified claims of ownership over wallets containing large sums of Bitcoin make an association between Wright and the wallet unlikely.<\/p>\n

At current market rates, the total of 111,111 BTC held within the original wallet linked to the Silk Road adds up to over $774 million, with a further $60 million in Bitcoin Cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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