A year after his release, the full story of Ross Ulbricht, trial,, Bitcoin’s first killer app, the trial and a presidential ...

This video breaks down how Silk Road used bitcoin and the Dark Web to quietly transform the global drug trade, and how a series of small digital mistakes ultimately brought it down. It follows the ...

On the 10-year anniversary of his early release from federal prison, Charlie Shrem announced the auction of several items related to Silk Road and Bitcoin's early days. Update (Sept. 12 at 4:38 pm UTC ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former federal agents with money laundering and wire fraud based on allegations that they attempted to profit from the federal investigation into the ...

The decision contrasts with prior pardons of figures tied to crypto regulation cases including Binance founder Changpeng Zhao ...

The top executive of a Manhattan-based Bitcoin company and a Florida Bitcoin exchanger have been charged with conspiring to commit money laundering by selling more than $1 million in Bitcoins to users ...

Last fall, the government shut down the Silk Road, an online drug market. In the process of taking down the Silk Road, federal agents seized 29,656 Bitcoins. Just as with any other bust of this kind, ...

An Internet entrepreneur accused of being behind an online marketplace for illegal drugs has asked the government to return more than $30 million in bitcoin seized from his computers. Ross Ulbricht, ...

A former National Crime Agency officer has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for stealing 50 Bitcoins worth £4.4 million ($5.9 million) from evidence seized during a Silk Road ...