After being in prison for more than 11 years for his involvement with the darknet marketplace Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht appears to have wasted no time making public appearances. In a March 4 X post, Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie said he had invited Ulbricht to attend a joint session of the US Congress,

Fox News Digital spoke with members of Congress about who they are bringing to President Donald Trump's joint address on Tuesday night.

President Donald Trump's pardon of the Silk Road creator is a rare moment of reprieve in an era of relentless government expansion.

The speech will start at 9 p.m. EST and will be Trump's first address to Congress since getting back into office.

Early Bitcoin adopter Roger Ver faces potential 109-year prison sentence over alleged $48 million tax fraud related to his 2014 U.S. citizenship renunciation and bitcoin holdings, while under house arrest in Spain fighting extradition.

Now, many industry veterans are coming to his support, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, who called the potential sentence “absurd.” “Going to prison for the re