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.

President Donald Trump carried through on another campaign promise, issuing a presidential pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the underground website Silk Road. But why did he do it?

President Donald Trump granted a pardon to Silk Road marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht, a promise he made to the ...

As of Nov. 3, 2020, more than $1 billion worth of digital currency has been seized by law enforcement from Silk Road, according to the FBI. At the time of his arrest, then-U.S. Attorney for the ...

In 2013, the FBI seized $28 million of bitcoin cryptocurrency from Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road website, through which people openly sold drugs and fake documents. That bitcoin is now worth ...

The legal decision marks the end of the road for a years-long legal battle over 69,370 Bitcoins, seized in ... back to the Silk Road, an infamous darknet drug trafficking website that was taken ...

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some ...

Despite the growing scrutiny, Silk Road remained in operation until 2013, where it generated more than 100,000 users trading $200 million worth of illegal goods and services. Ublricht was eventually ...

US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web ... prosecutors said Ulbricht's website, hosted on the hidden ...