ross was not simply just a bitcoiner.. he done alot of other things too
allegedly hired hitmen, allegedly offered a market place for hitmen to others, drugs, illicit prostitution and other matters
so im sure trump is letting his legal team look deeper into ross's entire career and history before deciding, to see if he deserves to be released "coz bitcoin" or keep him in, if his legal team deem him a threat to others due to his other non-bitcoin antics/allegations
just remember, he didnt get 2 life sentences+40yr "coz bitcoin".. many people forget his other crimes and allegations made against him
for instance the alleged murder for hire stuff.. if trump releases him then it becomes hypocritical about the mexican cartels trump is against whom also deal with drugs, hitmen, false documentation and such.. which trump wants removed from america
The murder-for-hire allegations are what bothers me most about Ross. IIRC, one of them appeared to be a scam, and the other involved what may have been entrapment. He was never tried nor charged in relation to these crimes, so he never had the opportunity to defend himself, which is unfortunate, but they still make me very uncomfortable.
I go back and forth about Ross actually running Silk Road. I get the libertarian argument that people should be able to put what they want into their bodies. I also believe that the typical violence related to drug dealing generally was not present among most deals on Silk Road, which is another point in Ross's favor. I am not exactly sure how the government was able to get around section 230 when convicting him.
Another concern about Silk Road is that, IIRC, when Silk Road was seized, it was insolvent. In other words, it did not have sufficient coin to cover all of its deposits. I believe this was because Ross (or more specifically, DPR) had to pay some ransom, and the operating costs may have exceeded income at one point because of DDoS attacks.