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The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road

Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sentence for drug distribution, has embarked on a strange and unexpected comeback after President Trump pardoned him in January.

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Ross Ulbricht, who was convicted of drug distribution on his Silk Road marketplace, was the closing speaker at Bitcoin 2025, a conference held at the Venetian in Las Vegas in May.
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