Tag: dark web

The woman allegedly presented a sum of over $5,000 in bitcoin to a dark web admin as proof she could afford the hit.

Darknet marketplaces received $1.7 billion during 2020, mostly from Russia, the U.S., Ukraine and China, Chainalysis says.

Despite a 2020 that saw the price of bitcoin rise to all-time highs and set new records for stability, it isn’t too difficult to find Bitcoin FUD being spread. But recently released blockchain analysis demonstrates that the “bitcoin is for criminals” narrative is weaker than ever. The FUD Keeps Coming...

Popular darknet marketplace DarkMarket, which hosted an estimated half million users, was shut down by German police authorities in a raid conducted over the weekend. Announcements from prosecutors in the cities of Koblenz and Oldenburg indicated that the operator of the marketplace was headquartered somewhere near the border between Germany and Denmark. The marketplace’s server was officially turned off yesterday. “Police in the...

German authorities have seized DarkMarket, the largest illegal dark web market in the world. German prosecutors in the cities of Koblenz and Oldenburg said they arrested the man responsible for operating DarkMarket, a 34-year old Australian national. Bitcoin, Monero Used on Dark Web Market...

FBI lacks a "comprehensive strategy for addressing the cryptocurrency threat in the future," OIG wrote.

The U.S. Justice Department has captured and is now looking to auction thousands of bitcoins attached to the dark web market Silk Road, with the holdings estimated at more than $1 billion....

This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine's 10th anniversary print edition. Silk Road, the online marketplace named for the historic network of trade routes established during the Han Dynasty, went live in February 2011. Its domain was accessible only on the so-called “dark...

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