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Today, the US government sent a transaction that appears to indicate it may be on the verge of liquidating the remaining Bitcoin it confiscated from the online marketplace Silk Road.…
On April 14, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the Southern District of New York revealed that the hacker responsible for the Silk Road marketplace breach had been sentenced…
Uncle Sam made off with more than $215 million this month as it began to liquidate portions of seized bitcoin. The United States government has been selling bitcoin confiscated from…
Following the demise of the largest darknet marketplace (DNM) in mid-July 2017, the underground market Alphabay returned in August 2021, and during the last year, Alphabay has managed to once…
Silk Road showed people that bitcoin could be effectively used as a medium of exchange on an open marketplace. This is an opinion editorial by Jacob Kozhipatt, a YouTuber and…
It is reasonable to demand that justice be applied equally throughout society. Ross Ulbricht should not die in prison when many powerful criminals live free. This is an opinion editorial…
“Through the rise and fall of Silk Road, through the relentless years of my incarceration … Bitcoin keeps going.” This is an opinion editorial by Ross Ulbricht, the founder of…
Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht’s excessive 2013 sentencing betrays the U.S. government’s fear of Bitcoin and dollar competition. This is an opinion editorial by Aaron Daniel, an appellate attorney and author…
A deep dive into how Bitcoin’s lack of privacy and, by extension, its insufficient fungibility has led to its loss of market share in darknet markets. If you wanted to…