Want to be the next Dread Pirate Roberts? You can get started by buying 50,000 bitcoins once owned by Ross Ulbricht (aka the Dread Pirate), who is awaiting sentencing on a… Read more »
Of course Ross Ulbricht was guilty. Despite his far-fetched claims of mistaken identity, a New York jury confirmed the obvious: that Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts) was the criminal mastermind who took on a villain’s name, and became… Read more »
Ross Ulbricht, a young man from Texas, created a massive online market for drugs and crime known as the Silk Road, got filthy rich off digital currency and tried to murder anyone who crossed… Read more »
The mother of “Dread Pirate Roberts,” the young man who allegedly masterminded the online criminal marketplace known as Silk Road, has harsh words for how the U.S. government has treated her… Read more »
The U.S. Marshal’s Service on Monday announced a second series of auctions to sell off thousands of bitcoins related to the seizure of the online criminal bazaar known as the Silk… Read more »
A leaked list suggests some familiar names will participate in an upcoming bitcoin auction by the US government. This raises the question of why people would participate in a currency auction… Read more »
Do you have spare millions lying around that you want to invest in something new? The U.S. government will be auctioning off blocks of 3000 bitcoins later this month. Read more »
Bitcoin’s ongoing quest for legitimacy suffered a setback this week when the federal government arrested one of the currency’s chief advocates — right before New York regulators hear testimony about the… Read more »
The bizarre story of the FBI’s takedown of “Dread Pirate Roberts” took a new twist last night, as the feds laid out new charges that could put the pirate in jail… Read more »
The FBI has shut down notorious online marketplace, Silk Road, and arrested the man who controls it. The news appears to creating upheaval in markets for Bitcoin, the currency used for… Read more »