Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the ...

Ulbricht’s conviction has been wiped out, but his 144,000 Bitcoins are long gone.

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case ...

Ulbricht could already be sitting on millions in Bitcoin, according to Conor Grogan, a director at the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Grogan noted that around 430 BTC—worth ...