“Regardless of what one thinks of Silk Road, Ross’ actions, or the political aspects of Trump and the largely right-wing crypto community’s support for Ross, I firmly believe his sentence is ...

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

Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the online illegal drug marketplace Silk Road, thanked those who voted for Donald Trump for his cause, hoping that the President-elect would commute his sentence What ...

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous dark web exchange Silk Road, which was best known as a once-thriving online marketplace for illegal drugs.

In its nearly three years of existence, Silk Road, which operated in a shady corner of the internet known as the dark web, became an international drug marketplace, facilitating more than 1.5 ...

During his first full day as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump announced a formal pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the underground illicit drugs marketplace Silk Road.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a full and unconditional pardon of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the anonymous marketplace website Silk Road, which the president promised to do "on Day 1 ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a “full and unconditional pardon” of Silk Road drug marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht, who was serving two life sentences in prison for charges ...

Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.

In January 2025, a claim circulated that U.S. President Donald Trump had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who was imprisoned for operating the dark web marketplace Silk Road.. The rumor was true. On Jan ...

In October 2013, the FBI shut down Silk Road, a now-defunct marketplace that allowed users to anonymously buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods and services using bitcoin.The site made about ...