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Last Updated on January 15, 2024 by Paganoto

Justice Department Investigation Leads to Shutdown of …

Justice Department Investigation Leads to Shutdown of …

“The Department of Justice will not allow darknet markets and cryptocurrency to be a safe haven for money laundering and the sale of hacking …

Darknet Market Activity Higher Than Ever in 2019 Despite …

Darknet Market Activity Higher Than Ever in 2019 Despite …

After a small decline in 2018, total darknet market sales grew 70% in 2019 to over $790 million worth of cryptocurrency, making it the first …

Hydra Darknet Market Offline After German Police Operation …

Hydra Darknet Market Offline After German Police Operation …

The investigators believe the Hydra darknet market has cleared over $5 billion in cryptocurrency since it was founded in 2015.

US Law Enforcement Is Watching for Bitcoin Drug Purchases …

US Law Enforcement Is Watching for Bitcoin Drug Purchases …

Although darknet markets are havens for tools like TOR, which offer anonymity by obscuring IP addresses, law enforcement officials have been …

Why are Billion-Dollar Darknet Markets Retiring? – Elliptic

Why are Billion-Dollar Darknet Markets Retiring? – Elliptic

Exit scams involve the anonymous operator of a market simply disappearing – taking customers’ money, in the form of cryptocurrency, with them.

How cryptocurrencies and the dark web facilitate crime – Police1

How cryptocurrencies and the dark web facilitate crime – Police1

It used to be very difficult for law enforcement agencies to track how cryptocurrencies play a role in crime, but there are cryptocurrency …

Darknet Hydra Market site seized and shut down – CNBC

Darknet Hydra Market site seized and shut down – CNBC

The DOJ lodged charges against an alleged operator of Hydra Market on the darknet, and German police seized $25 million in bitcoin from …

Hydra: How German police dismantled Russian darknet site

Hydra: How German police dismantled Russian darknet site

The website launched in 2015 selling drugs, hacked materials, forged documents and illegal digital services such as Bitcoin-mixing – which cyber …

Darknet Whack-A-Mole – Chasing Criminal Markets – DarkOwl

Darknet Whack-A-Mole – Chasing Criminal Markets – DarkOwl

In this blog, our analysts dive into the latest dark web market exit scams, … law enforcement operations and their impact, and how cryptomarkets will …

“World's Largest” Darknet Marketplace Has Been Shut Down

“World's Largest” Darknet Marketplace Has Been Shut Down

Darknet marketplaces have long been active use cases for bitcoin. Bitcoin’s censorship-resistant qualities assure that users can rely on it to …