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

President Trump is expected to commute the lifetime prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious dark web site Silk Road, The Post has learned. A source close to the White House said at ...

Ulbricht, who was convicted of running an anonymous online drug marketplace, became a hero to crypto-holders everywhere. What ...

Born to Lyn and Kirk Ulbricht in March 1984, Ross Ulbricht grew up in Austin, Texas. He spent a portion of his life, including middle school, high school, and university days, within the area of Texas ...

Ross Ulbricht’s pardon marks a historic event for crypto, but its impact on Bitcoin’s public image is a mixed bag, according to the community.

Ross Ulbricht, 40, was arrested in 2013 because the dark website he founded facilitated the sale of illicit drugs using cryptocurrency. In early 2015 he was sentenced to two life terms in prison ...

Ulbricht's story has long been a lightning rod for discussions around sentencing reform, the ethics of decentralized platforms, and the role of government in ...

President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht ... Trump later reiterated his promise to commute Ulbricht's life sentence at a bitcoin conference, which he received ...

Following Ross Ulbricht's pardon, the Trump Administration must follow through on crypto’s potential to spread privacy and financial innovation.