Billion-dollar Bitcoin hacker Ilya Lichtenstein thanks Trump for early prison release

The Verge
By Stevie BonifieldJan 2, 2026, 7:51 pm94 pts
Just over a year after being sentenced to five years in prison for the theft of billions of dollars in Bitcoin, hacker Ilya Lichtenstein is free. Lichtenstein announced his release in a post on X, specifically crediting Trump: "Thanks to President Trump's First Step Act, I have been released from prison early.…

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