Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for drug trafficking, computer hacking, and ...

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case ...

The move fulfilled a long-sought dream of the overlapping libertarian and crypto communities, who Trump courted on the ...

In addition to many other things he has promised to do on his first day in office, Donald Trump has said he will free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who is serving a life sentence in federal ...

Last year on May 25, Donald Trump vowed to commute the sentence of early Bitcoin pioneer and Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht to time served if elected president. As we all know, Trump won the election ...

President Donald Trump didn't mention bitcoin (BTC) during his inaugural speech and crypto was absent from his first batch of executive orders, but Polymarket bettors are confident a pardon for ...

️ — Angela McArdle (@angela4LNCChair) January 21, 2025 Prominent libertarian Liam McCollum also wrote that "Ross Ulbricht will be freed tonight or tomorrow." When asked for a source ...

"And if you vote for me, on Day One, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht," Trump declared to cheers from an audience waving "Free Ross" signs, though the overall reception to his speech ...

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht reached out from prison on social media to warn crypto users about potentially investing in any memecoins bearing his name. In a Jan. 19 X post, Ulbricht said there ...

Fulfilling a campaign promise to libertarians and the bitcoin community, the Silk Road founder's life sentence without parole is now over.

President Trump keeps campaign promise to crypto industry by granting a full pardon to Silk Road founder and popular bitcoin advocate, Ross Ulbricht.

Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods with bitcoin.