Odaily News Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith was released on April 9 and will temporarily live in a halfway house pending the completion of the parole process. Griffith was arrested for giving a blockchain-related speech in North Korea in 2019 and was later charged with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Despite the prosecution's objection, the court reduced his sentence from 63 months to 56 months in July 2024. (Cointelegraph)