Ulbricht

American

[ool-brikht] / ˈʊl brɪxt /

noun

Walter 1893–1973, German Communist leader: chairman of the East German Council of State 1960–73.

Ulbricht British

/ ˈʊlbrɪçt /

noun

Walter (ˈvaltər). 1893-1973, East German statesman; largely responsible for the establishment and development of East German communism

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He pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange; Trevor Milton, convicted of defrauding investors in truck maker Nikola; and Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the crypto-fueled black market Silk Road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Acting from behind bars, with help from family and supporters, Ulbricht mounted a social media campaign clamoring for his release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025

And when German pair Thomas Ulbricht and Robert Foerstemann - who had qualified quickest - could only come third in the final, it sealed a British one-two.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024

Ulbricht operated the website between 2011 and 2013, when he was arrested.

From Slate ● May 29, 2024

For Ulbricht, the problem with the city's open border had nothing to do with spies: It was with the dissatisfaction of his own people, the seventeen million citizens of the German Democratic Republic, or GDR.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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