The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among other products.

Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, received 300 BTC in June 2025, worth over $31 million. Blockchain analysis tied the donation to old AlphaBay darknet ...

Ross Ulbricht is a former darknet market operator most famous for creating and running the Silk Road market.He was arrested in 2013, and two years later a Manhattan federal jury found him guilty ...

The family of Ross Ulbricht on Friday said the founder of the illicit online marketplace Silk Road, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for extensive online criminal activity, would be ...

Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and sentenced to life in prison in 2015, after he was convicted of seven charges, including ...

While Bitcoin has evolved way beyond Silk Road since Ulbricht’s arrest, the controversial marketplace has historical ...

How Was Ross Ulbricht Caught? Ulbricht was arrested on October 1, 2013, in a San Francisco public library. Law enforcement officials had been investigating the Silk Road for years, ...

Users on the Kalshi prediction market now place Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht's odds of being pardoned by President-elect Donald Trump in the first 100 days of assuming office at 79%. The ...

A Sentence Reconsidered. Ross Ulbricht, who was arrested in 2013 and sentenced in 2015 to life in prison without the possibility of parole, became a symbol of both innovation and controversy.