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News.Bitcoin / Indian Crypto Exchange Buyucoin Hacked, Sensitive Data of 325K Users Reportedly Leaked

January 24, 2021 / newsbitcoin

Indian cryptocurrency exchange Buyucoin has reportedly been hacked and sensitive data of about 325,000 users has reportedly been leaked onto the dark web. According to reports, the leaked data includes…

Bitcoin Magazine / Stop The Bitcoin FUD: Criminal Cryptocurrency Transactions Are Falling

January 20, 2021 / bitcoinmagazine

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…

NewsBTC / Why The Dark Net’s Most Active Market Ditched Bitcoin For Monero

January 15, 2021 / newsbtc

Bitcoin initially became popular as a way to pay for illegal goods on the dark web marketplace the Silk Road. But just recently as cryptocurrencies enter the mainstream media once…

News.Bitcoin / Darknet Giant Darkmarket Shut Down, Alleged Operator Arrested

January 13, 2021 / newsbitcoin

The authorities in seven countries and Europol have jointly taken down Darkmarket, one of the largest darknet marketplaces. The action was taken after the marketplace’s alleged operator was arrested in…

Bitcoin Magazine / “World’s Largest” Darknet Marketplace Has Been Shut Down

January 12, 2021 / bitcoinmagazine

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…

Cointelegraph / FBI to reform virtual currency practices following DoJ recommendations

December 19, 2020 / cointelegraph

A recently released U.S. Department of Justice audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) practices in regards to darknet criminal investigations concluded that the law enforcement agency is in…

News.Bitcoin / Authorities Shut Down Darknet Marketplace Sipulimarket, Seize Bitcoin

December 14, 2020 / newsbitcoin

Top US Banking Regulator Reveals Positive Cryptocurrency Regulation Coming in Weeks The top U.S. banking regulator has confirmed that positive cryptocurrency regulation is coming in a matter of weeks, by…

Cointelegraph / US financial watchdog fines early Bitcoin mixer $60M for money laundering

October 19, 2020 / cointelegraph

The founder and operator of some of the first “mixing” services in crypto will have to cough up $60 million to U.S. regulators, even as he faces continued criminal charges. …

Bitcoin Magazine / The Long and Winding Story of Silk Road, Bitcoin’s Earliest Major Application

October 1, 2020 / bitcoinmagazine

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…

Bitcoin Magazine / FinCEN Files Remind Us That Bitcoin Is Still Not For Money Laundering

September 23, 2020 / bitcoinmagazine

This article originally appeared in our Down The Rabbit Hole newsletter. If you want our news and analysis straight to your inbox, make sure you subscribe now! This week, a released…

Cointelegraph / Crooked police chief sentenced to 8 years for dark web shenanigans

September 22, 2020 / cointelegraph

Former police chief Yuri Zaitsev was recently sentenced to eight years in prison for acting as a bounty hunter for a dark web marketplace. In December 2018, Zaitsev was working as…