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

The Silk Road was not just a single route, but a vast network of trade paths that connected Asia, Europe, and Africa for centuries. In this video, we unravel how the Silk Road actually worked ...

Ross Ulbricht’s recent substantial donation of 300 Bitcoin likely wasn’t the Silk Road founder sending himself funds, onchain detective ZachXBT says.

Telling the Stories and Spreading the Spirit of the Silk Road The Fourth Silk Road Friendship Ceremony was held in Kuqa, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on May 28th. At the ...

Stretching about 83 miles (134 kilometers), the Pinglu will allow ships of up to 5,000 tons, with a length of 295 feet and width of 49 feet, to travel from inland rivers to open sea.While it won ...

The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia.

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.

At its peak in 2013, Ulbricht's Silk Road saw an estimated daily connected user base of 5.5 million. In just two years, it processed some $1.2 billion in illicit sales, according to the Department ...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever conceived. Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping ...

Morgan Stanley’s in-house AI tool has so far this year reviewed nine million lines of old code and saved its developers 280,000 hours, said Mike Pizzi, global head of technology and operations.