Matt Stirn Surrounded by the Himalayas, Ladakh is one of India's most sparsely populated regions (Credit: Matt Stirn) The Silk Road refers to one of the world's largest overland trade routes – a ...

Ancient traders faced challenges and devised solutions that, surprisingly, resemble some of the practices used by modern ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for ...

President Donald Trump granted a pardon to Silk Road marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht, a promise he made to the cryptocurrency industry during his campaign.

Located on the outskirts of the historic city of Samarkand, the Silk Road Samarkand tourist centre saw a 50% increase in visitor numbers last year – with China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the ...

Panama has opted not to renew its involvement in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with China, a partnership originally ...

noting at sentencing that Ulbricht had to "pay the consequences" because Silk Road's novel use of cryptocurrency to cover up widespread illicit trade was "unprecedented." On Truth Social ...

The now-defunct marketplace allowed users to anonymously trade drugs and other illegal goods and services in near-total secrecy using bitcoin. According to the indictment, Silk Road acquired ...

Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of online drug marketplace Silk Road who became a hero for America’s libertarian movement. The US president allowed Mr Ulbricht to ...