The Silk Road founder could be one of the world's richest people if he gets his bitcoin back from the U.S government.

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is free after President Donald Trump pardoned him. But who is he and what did he do?

Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the ...

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

Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.

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

People supporting Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s efforts to reintegrate into society after more than 11 years in prison have opened their crypto wallets. According to blockchain data, a wallet ...

The President's pledge to commute Ulbricht's sentence was notably absent on the first day of Trump's second presidential term ...

Ross Ulbricht’s story has become a cornerstone of crypto history. To many veterans, he represents the raw, unfiltered ethos of Bitcoin’s early days: radical freedom, decentralization, and resistance ...

In addition to many other things he has promised to do on his first day in office, Donald Trump has said he will free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who is serving a life sentence in federal ...

President Donald Trump didn't mention bitcoin (BTC) during his inaugural speech and crypto was absent from his first batch of executive orders, but Polymarket bettors are confident a pardon for ...

️ — Angela McArdle (@angela4LNCChair) January 21, 2025 Prominent libertarian Liam McCollum also wrote that "Ross Ulbricht will be freed tonight or tomorrow." When asked for a source ...