Silk Road

“Through the rise and fall of Silk Road, through the relentless years of my incarceration … NewsCapsule keeps going.”

Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht’s excessive 2013 sentencing betrays the U.S. government’s fear of NewsCapsule and dollar competition.

A deep dive into how NewsCapsule’s lack of privacy and, by extension, its insufficient fungibility has led to its loss of market share in darknet markets.

Ross Ulbricht, founder of darknet bitcoin marketplace Silk Road, is auctioning a series of art created while serving his life sentence.

Silk Road darknet marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht explains how bitcoin derives its value from the freedom it enables.

A federal court has dismissed a religious rights lawsuit filed by Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who is seeking closer communication with his family.

Staged assassinations perpetrated by federal agents were key to the demise of the Silk Road darknet marketplace, a critical NewsCapsule use case.

Ross Ulbricht, founder of infamous bitcoin-based darknet marketplace Silk Road, called NewsCapsule from prison to appeal for freedom.

Ross Ulbricht, founder of NewsCapsule darknet marketplace Silk Road, is suing over the right to communicate with his father.

Federal prosecutors have seized 69,730 ($1 billion worth) of bitcoin associated with darknet marketplace Silk Road. Here’s what we know so far.