Russia’s Silk Road to Hold ICO, Exit Scam Attempt?
Hydra, Russia’s biggest dark web marketplace, announced its plans to develop an international, decentralized marketplace for illegal products. To achieve this goal, Hydra intends to...
Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht Moved to Another High Security Prison
Ross Ulbricht has been transferred to a new prison. This time to USP Tucson, yet another high security prison where he will be locked up likely alongside fewer murderers and hardcore...
DEA: The Number Of Illegal vs. Legal Uses of Bitcoin Has Swapped
If 90 percent of Bitcoin’s applications used to be tied to illegal activities in 2013, today, the cryptocurrency is being used for legal financial speculation in 90 percent of cases...
$17 Million in Bitcoin Seized in Dark Web Undercover Sting Operation
US Prosecutors seized over $22 million in assets from two men in Maryland on charges of production and selling counterfeit drugs through the Dark Web. $17 million (at the time of...
London Police Seize $700K in Bitcoin from Prolific Hacker
In a recent case, the London police were able to seize $700,000 worth of Bitcoin from Grant West, a notorious hacker. Cryptocurrency Seized A recent article from USA Today reports...
Love Turns Ugly as Woman Arrested for Bitcoin Murder-For-Hire Plot
A woman in Illinois is facing up to 20 years in prison for a Bitcoin murder-for-hire plot she put in place against the wife of the man she had an affair with. Love can make people do...
Litecoin Is the Dark Web’s Favorite Altcoin
Litecoin has unexpectedly increased in preference among internet users looking to transact cryptocurrencies for illicit services. It is now the second most popular cryptocurrency on...
4 Ways Criminals Are Trying to Cash out Their Bitcoin
Due to the increased spotlight on cryptocurrency, criminals are finding it more difficult to cash out their Bitcoin for fiat, but they are finding ways to do so. A common media...
U.S. Government Receives Approval to Sell Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash Seized From Dark Web Dealer
The U.S. government has received approval from a judge in Utah to sell off 513 Bitcoin and 512 Bitcoin Cash seized from an investigation involving Aaron Michael Shamo, a dealer on the...
Criminals Have Found an Alternative to Bitcoin
Many people believe that Bitcoin is the preferred currency of criminals, but experts think that criminals are dropping Bitcoin for other digital currencies. The Rise of Privacy Coins...
Italian Woman Jailed for Bitcoin Murder Plot
An Italian woman was sentenced to six years in a Danish prison for hiring a hitman with Bitcoin to murder her boyfriend. We truly live in an age of convenience. One can order clothes...
EU, Interpol Form ‘TITANIUM’ Consortium to Stop Criminal Use of Virtual Currencies
The European Union’s (EU) latest attempt to centralize data from decentralized systems comes in the form of dark web project TITANIUM. ‘Consortium’ Tackles...