After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

Researchers Decode the Genetic Profile of the Sogdians, Reveals the Origins of the Silk Road Merchants A new study by researchers from China shed light on the movement of people on the famous Silk ...

During his four-week trial, Ulbricht acknowledged he created Silk Road, but his lawyers contended he had later handed off the website to others and was lured back toward its end to become the "fall ...

Donald Trump took a victory lap over the weekend celebrating his January pardon of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for ...

Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern ...

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some ...

Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole, in 2015 in connection with his ownership ...

In a letter he wrote to his trial judge in 2015, he said he created Silk Road not to seek financial gain but because he "believed at the time that people should have the right to buy and sell ...

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.

Prosecutors said some people died due to drugs bought on Silk Road. The Silk Road website relied on the Tor network to communicate anonymously and accepted bitcoin as payment, which prosecutors ...

Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods with bitcoin.