"Donald Trump is a man of his word," the Silk Road founder said in a video published on X hours after release from prison.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin.

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who had been serving a double life sentence without parole, publicly thanked US President Donald Trump after receiving a full pardon. This marked the first time Ulbricht had spoken publicly since being released from a maximum-security prison in Arizona,