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

WASHINGTON — An Austin native who was sentenced to life in prison for founding a dark web marketplace that specialized in ...

President Trump announced Tuesday night that he had granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for ...

Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills ...

Archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old Shang city in Southern China, making it the oldest ever found in the region of Lingnan, famous for marking the departure point of the Silk Road.

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Ross Ulbricht's life sentence for Silk Road, his regrets, and Trump's controversial pardon. Learn about his rise and fall.

Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for distributing drugs on his Silk Road ...

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 ...

The creator of a dark web market that sold illegal drugs, stolen passports and hacking equipment using Bitcoin has been ...

Ross Ulbricht created Silk Road in 2011 — a darknet marketplace that allowed illegal drugs to be purchased anonymously with Bitcoin. After 11 years behind bars, Ross Ulbricht is a free man.