US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for operating an online black market, which facilitated over $200 million in illegal sales using Bitcoin.

Ever since President Trump promised to create a "Strategic National Bitcoin Stockpile," the usual chorus of Bitcoin skeptics ...

Delivering on the pledge he made to the Libertarian Party at its convention last summer, President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, a former Eagle Scout and computer whiz who in ...

He went on, “I think it was a shrewd move to pardon Ross sort of all on his own, after Trump did the mass pardons. It kind of gives the gesture more gravitas.” In 2011, Ulbricht, an Eagle ...

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the now-defunct darknet drug market previously known as Silk Road, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at what he has planned for his ...

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the now-defunct darknet drug market previously known as Silk Road, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at what he has planned for his ...

For years, “Free Ross” placards have littered libertarian events, where Lyn Ulbricht is typically seen advocating for the release of her son. It was one of the libertarian movement’s top causes for a ...

Ross Ulbricht, 40, was arrested in 2013 and jailed in 2015 after a jury found his site facilitated the sale of illicit drugs using cryptocurrency. He was serving two life terms plus 40 years for ...