United States President Donald Trump has decided to pardon Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark-web black market Silk Road, who was convicted in 2015.

But the Silk Road, one of the first and most notorious dark web markets, soon spiralled into a criminal empire worth millions, transforming its founder Ross Ulbricht into a ruthless cybercriminal known as the ‘Kingpin of the Dark Web’.

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is free after President Donald Trump pardoned him. But who is he and what did he do?

Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road, citing an overreached conviction. Libertarians celebrated, calling Ulbricht a "political prisoner" and criticizing harsh drug policies.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs.

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.

A life sentence for facilitating peaceful transactions among consenting adults is hard to fathom, let alone justify.

Bitcoin is up nearly 5% after Donald Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of darkweb marketplace Silk Road.

Elon Musk has announced on X that Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road marketplace, will be released after 12 years in prison.

President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, despite his promise on the campaign trail to commute his sentence on "day one."