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Wallets tied to Silk Road move $3.14M BTC to unknown address

Wallets tied to Silk Road move $3.14M BTC to unknown address

The post Wallets tied to Silk Road move $3.14M BTC to unknown address appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Over 300 Bitcoin wallets linked to the now-defunct darknet marketplace Silk Road went active on Tuesday, transferring millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin to an unidentified address.  According to data from blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence, around 312 wallets associated with Silk Road collectively sent over $3.1 million worth of Bitcoins to the address “bc1q…ga54.”  The address has received a total of 33.73706370 BTC, which equates to roughly $3.14 million at current prices, although it has yet to send any Bitcoin onward, leaving the full sum untouched at present. The sudden activity from wallets dormant for more than ten years was identified by anonymous Plasma developer going by the username Googly on X, but as of now, the reason behind the transfers is unclear. Arkham Intelligence notes that Silk Road-linked wallets still hold an estimated $38.5 million in Bitcoin. Silk Road wallets move Bitcoin for the second time in 2025 Silk Road, shut down by the FBI in 2013, was infamous for facilitating the sale of illegal goods using Bitcoin through the dark web. Founder Ross Ulbricht was convicted in connection with the marketplace, though he was later pardoned by President Donald Trump in late January this year.  “I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly, it was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” Trump posted on his app Truth Social. Coinbase Director Conor Grogan had been tracking the existence of Silk Road wallets that were untouched by authorities at the time of Ulbricht’s pardon. Through a thread on social platform X, Grogan mentioned he identified roughly $47 million worth of Bitcoins linked to Ulbricht that had been securely stashed for over…