Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the ...

Law enforcement said Ulbricht created the “most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace” on the internet.

Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road darknet marketplace, remains a controversial figure in cryptocurrency history. While his role in revolutionising Bitcoin’s use has long been debated, recent ...

According to Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor who now works in white collar defense at Paul Hastings, a pardon undoes the forfeiture or property—unless, as is the case with Ulbricht's ...

By freeing Ross, the Bitcoin network state has proven it has political power. Now, we have to use it to make sure the the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ross Ulbricht was arrested at 29. Now, he's 40. He faces a double life sentence plus 40 years with no possibility of parole for creating the Silk Road, a dark web drug marketplace that facilitated ...

President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the anonymous marketplace website Silk Road, despite his promise on the campaign trail to free him on ...

President Trump said he granted the full pardon in honor of Ross Ulbricht's mother "and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly." ...