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Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was given two life sentences in 2015, thanks President Donald Trump for giving him a "second chance" with unconditional pardon.

Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, a first of its kind in the modern era, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at what he has planned for his future.

Ross Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 for running a site on the dark web that sold drugs and other contraband items

Allies of the online drug bazaar’s founder made the case to the president that the two men shared enemies.

President Donald Trump pardoned the founder of darknet marketplace Silk Road, he said in a post to Truth Social on Tuesday night.

Bitcoiners celebrate as the pardon came hours after Senator Rand Paul sent a compelling letter to the White House.

In 2015, a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Ulbricht to life in prison for drug trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering.

China’s technological advancements have taken a significant leap with the launch of Deepseek, an AI-powered search engine that many are calling the foundation of a new Digital Silk Road. As China strives to challenge the USA’s dominance in AI,

The land beneath their feet was the same earth they’d known for decades—unchanging, steady, eternal. The air brushed past their face

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin.

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.