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 ...

Ross Ulbricht, founder of the now-defunct darknet drug market previously known as Silk Road, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at his future plans in a video posted to X.

Ross Ulbricht, now in his late 30s, has spent more than a decade behind bars. During this time, he has maintained his innocence regarding some of the charges against him and expressed regret for ...

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht expressed his heartfelt gratitude to President Trump on Thursday in his first public remarks since receiving the commander in chief’s pardon that freed him from a ...

Crypto crime lord Ross Ulbricht gets a pardon—but his fortune is gone after the U.S. auctioned off his Bitcoins in 2014 for ...

Ross Ulbricht's Bitcoin holdings, as confiscated by authorities, amounted to approximately 144,000 BTC. At the time of the seizure in 2013, this amount was worth around $28.5 million.

Who is Ross Ulbricht and what was he convicted of? Ulbricht, an Eagle Scout from Austin, Texas, using the online pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts,” a reference to 1987 film The Princess Bride, ...

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of online drug market Silk Road. Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and ...

Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road, takes the stage at Bitcoin 2025 for his first public address since being pardoned. He reflects on his imprisonment and the struggle for individual freedom.