Dark Markets News

Crypto World Has Been Turning Into Ponzi Scheme: Opinion

Crypto World Has Been Turning Into Ponzi Scheme: Opinion

JUN 17, 2017 | Olusegun Ogundeji

Cryptocurrency use on the darkweb is beyond anyone’s control.

 50136   |    22
Zimbabwe Unleashes New Dollar-Pegged Currency, Should Switch to Bitcoin Instead

Zimbabwe Unleashes New Dollar-Pegged Currency, Should Switch to Bitcoin Instead

DEC 03, 2016 | Joël Valenzuela

Zimbabwe has begun printing bond notes, allegedly pegged to the US dollar, to curb inflation, as other countries turn to Bitcoin.

 5283   |    2
Monero Loses Darknet Market in Apparent Exit Scam

Monero Loses Darknet Market in Apparent Exit Scam

OCT 05, 2016 | Joël Valenzuela

Monero appears to have lost its darknet market integrations, and very well may have fallen victim to an exit scam.

 16506   |    71
The Dark Market OpenBazaar To Become an Advanced eBay, not the Next Silk Road

The Dark Market OpenBazaar To Become an Advanced eBay, not the Next Silk Road

MAR 22, 2016 | Joseph Young

OpenBazaar is growing to be a more refined, robust, secure and efficient version of eBay.

 1500
AUG 17 DIGEST: Bitcoin XT Released, Reddit Mods Accused of Censorship, and Dark Web Markets Processed more Bitcoin than BitPay in 2014

AUG 17 DIGEST: Bitcoin XT Released, Reddit Mods Accused of Censorship, and Dark Web Markets Processed more Bitcoin than BitPay in 2014

AUG 17, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen have launched Bitcoin XT, new research has found that marketplaces on the dark web frequently process more bitcoin transactions than BitPay, and more news

 214
AUGUST 14 DIGEST: itBit Won't Use Bitcoin for its Banking Project and 22 Bitcoin Companies Have Applied for the BitLicense

AUGUST 14 DIGEST: itBit Won't Use Bitcoin for its Banking Project and 22 Bitcoin Companies Have Applied for the BitLicense

AUG 14, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

New York-based Bitcoin exchange itBit has revealed that it won't use Bitcoin for its upcoming Bankchain project, the NYDFS has so far received 22 BitLicense applications, and more news

 82
Police Confiscate 11,000 Bitcoin Wallets; Shut Down Dark Web Site

Police Confiscate 11,000 Bitcoin Wallets; Shut Down Dark Web Site

AUG 03, 2015 | Evander Smart

As the final legal chapters close on Ross Ulbricht’s Silk Road website held within the “Dark Web”, the proliferation of many, many more dark markets is making in-ternational news.

 454
Another US Secret Agent to Plead Guilty to Silk Road Bitcoin Theft

Another US Secret Agent to Plead Guilty to Silk Road Bitcoin Theft

JUN 24, 2015 | Joseph Young

Carl Force, a member of Baltimore’s Silk Road task force and former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent has finally plead for an agreement with prosecutors.

 33
MAY 19 DIGEST: Ripple Labs Raises $28 Million, Ulbricht Defense Argues Silk Road Made Drug Use Safer

MAY 19 DIGEST: Ripple Labs Raises $28 Million, Ulbricht Defense Argues Silk Road Made Drug Use Safer

MAY 19, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

Ripple Labs raised a US$28 million series A funding round, Ross Ulbricht's defense urges judge in Silk Road case to consider the dark market’s potential for harm reduction, and more news.

 59
Proposal for Local Dark Market Build on Bitcoin Blockchain Circulates on Satoshi's Mailing List

Proposal for Local Dark Market Build on Bitcoin Blockchain Circulates on Satoshi's Mailing List

MAR 31, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

For the past couple of days, a proposal for a new kind of fully decentralized and potentially anonymous digital dark market has been circulating the Cryptography mailing list – the mailing list used by Satoshi Nakamoto to first publish the Bitcoin white paper.

 60
MAR 30 DIGEST: SOCOM monitoring Bitcoin for Terrorism Funding, T-Mobile Poland gets own BTM

MAR 30 DIGEST: SOCOM monitoring Bitcoin for Terrorism Funding, T-Mobile Poland gets own BTM

MAR 30, 2015 | Charlie Richards

The United States SOCOM has outlined how it views Bitcoin, admitting to monitoring and tracking transactions. A proposal for a decentralized local dark market has been published aiming to use the blockchain itself to share offers and requests for purchases. T-Mobile Poland installs its own BTM and much more news for March 30.

 74
An Estimated $12 Million in Bitcoin Disappears in Dark Market Scam

An Estimated $12 Million in Bitcoin Disappears in Dark Market Scam

MAR 19, 2015 | Matchpool

The rise of online drug markets have led to a new form of drug dealing. Rather than gravitating to dark alleyways, dealing can now be done sitting in bed in one’s underwear. That doesn't mean drug dealing is any less of a risky businesses though. People get cheated all the time. Case in point: on Tuesday, leaders of Evolution, one of the largest online drug markets, shuttered the drug market and ran off with all user funds.

 122
U.S. FBI Brings Down Silk Road 2.0 And Other 'Dark' Marketplaces

U.S. FBI Brings Down Silk Road 2.0 And Other 'Dark' Marketplaces

NOV 06, 2014 | Carlo Caraluzzo

Multiple major darknet marketplaces have been shut down by the FBI today thanks to an informant who worked as a moderator at least one of the sites.

 196
Darknet Market Search Engine Founder: ‘Darknet Promotes Freedoms not Criminal Acts’

Darknet Market Search Engine Founder: ‘Darknet Promotes Freedoms not Criminal Acts’

OCT 24, 2014 | Kenny Spotz

Six months ago a Reddit user by the name gramsadmin posted on /r/DarkNetMarkets to announce the launch of a new darknet search engine, Grams.

 189
What’s in a Word? DarkMarket Becomes OpenBazaar

What’s in a Word? DarkMarket Becomes OpenBazaar

MAY 01, 2014 | Doug Coughlin

DarkMarket, billed as “opensource, uncensored, and private” for the next generation of digital black markets, has taken a note from the reddit community and changed its name to “OpenBazaar” in order to improve its public image.

 30
Crypto World Has Been Turning Into Ponzi Scheme: Opinion

Crypto World Has Been Turning Into Ponzi Scheme: Opinion

JUN 17, 2017 | Olusegun Ogundeji

Cryptocurrency use on the darkweb is beyond anyone’s control.

 50136   |    22
Monero Loses Darknet Market in Apparent Exit Scam

Monero Loses Darknet Market in Apparent Exit Scam

OCT 05, 2016 | Joël Valenzuela

Monero appears to have lost its darknet market integrations, and very well may have fallen victim to an exit scam.

 16506   |    71
Zimbabwe Unleashes New Dollar-Pegged Currency, Should Switch to Bitcoin Instead

Zimbabwe Unleashes New Dollar-Pegged Currency, Should Switch to Bitcoin Instead

DEC 03, 2016 | Joël Valenzuela

Zimbabwe has begun printing bond notes, allegedly pegged to the US dollar, to curb inflation, as other countries turn to Bitcoin.

 5283   |    2
The Dark Market OpenBazaar To Become an Advanced eBay, not the Next Silk Road

The Dark Market OpenBazaar To Become an Advanced eBay, not the Next Silk Road

MAR 22, 2016 | Joseph Young

OpenBazaar is growing to be a more refined, robust, secure and efficient version of eBay.

 1500
Police Confiscate 11,000 Bitcoin Wallets; Shut Down Dark Web Site

Police Confiscate 11,000 Bitcoin Wallets; Shut Down Dark Web Site

AUG 03, 2015 | Evander Smart

As the final legal chapters close on Ross Ulbricht’s Silk Road website held within the “Dark Web”, the proliferation of many, many more dark markets is making in-ternational news.

 454
Darknet Market Search Engine Founder: ‘Darknet Promotes Freedoms not Criminal Acts’

Darknet Market Search Engine Founder: ‘Darknet Promotes Freedoms not Criminal Acts’

OCT 24, 2014 | Kenny Spotz

Six months ago a Reddit user by the name gramsadmin posted on /r/DarkNetMarkets to announce the launch of a new darknet search engine, Grams.

 189
AUGUST 14 DIGEST: itBit Won't Use Bitcoin for its Banking Project and 22 Bitcoin Companies Have Applied for the BitLicense

AUGUST 14 DIGEST: itBit Won't Use Bitcoin for its Banking Project and 22 Bitcoin Companies Have Applied for the BitLicense

AUG 14, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

New York-based Bitcoin exchange itBit has revealed that it won't use Bitcoin for its upcoming Bankchain project, the NYDFS has so far received 22 BitLicense applications, and more news

 82
MAR 30 DIGEST: SOCOM monitoring Bitcoin for Terrorism Funding, T-Mobile Poland gets own BTM

MAR 30 DIGEST: SOCOM monitoring Bitcoin for Terrorism Funding, T-Mobile Poland gets own BTM

MAR 30, 2015 | Charlie Richards

The United States SOCOM has outlined how it views Bitcoin, admitting to monitoring and tracking transactions. A proposal for a decentralized local dark market has been published aiming to use the blockchain itself to share offers and requests for purchases. T-Mobile Poland installs its own BTM and much more news for March 30.

 74
An Estimated $12 Million in Bitcoin Disappears in Dark Market Scam

An Estimated $12 Million in Bitcoin Disappears in Dark Market Scam

MAR 19, 2015 | Matchpool

The rise of online drug markets have led to a new form of drug dealing. Rather than gravitating to dark alleyways, dealing can now be done sitting in bed in one’s underwear. That doesn't mean drug dealing is any less of a risky businesses though. People get cheated all the time. Case in point: on Tuesday, leaders of Evolution, one of the largest online drug markets, shuttered the drug market and ran off with all user funds.

 122
Proposal for Local Dark Market Build on Bitcoin Blockchain Circulates on Satoshi's Mailing List

Proposal for Local Dark Market Build on Bitcoin Blockchain Circulates on Satoshi's Mailing List

MAR 31, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

For the past couple of days, a proposal for a new kind of fully decentralized and potentially anonymous digital dark market has been circulating the Cryptography mailing list – the mailing list used by Satoshi Nakamoto to first publish the Bitcoin white paper.

 60
AUG 17 DIGEST: Bitcoin XT Released, Reddit Mods Accused of Censorship, and Dark Web Markets Processed more Bitcoin than BitPay in 2014

AUG 17 DIGEST: Bitcoin XT Released, Reddit Mods Accused of Censorship, and Dark Web Markets Processed more Bitcoin than BitPay in 2014

AUG 17, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen have launched Bitcoin XT, new research has found that marketplaces on the dark web frequently process more bitcoin transactions than BitPay, and more news

 214
MAY 19 DIGEST: Ripple Labs Raises $28 Million, Ulbricht Defense Argues Silk Road Made Drug Use Safer

MAY 19 DIGEST: Ripple Labs Raises $28 Million, Ulbricht Defense Argues Silk Road Made Drug Use Safer

MAY 19, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

Ripple Labs raised a US$28 million series A funding round, Ross Ulbricht's defense urges judge in Silk Road case to consider the dark market’s potential for harm reduction, and more news.

 59
U.S. FBI Brings Down Silk Road 2.0 And Other 'Dark' Marketplaces

U.S. FBI Brings Down Silk Road 2.0 And Other 'Dark' Marketplaces

NOV 06, 2014 | Carlo Caraluzzo

Multiple major darknet marketplaces have been shut down by the FBI today thanks to an informant who worked as a moderator at least one of the sites.

 196
Another US Secret Agent to Plead Guilty to Silk Road Bitcoin Theft

Another US Secret Agent to Plead Guilty to Silk Road Bitcoin Theft

JUN 24, 2015 | Joseph Young

Carl Force, a member of Baltimore’s Silk Road task force and former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent has finally plead for an agreement with prosecutors.

 33
What’s in a Word? DarkMarket Becomes OpenBazaar

What’s in a Word? DarkMarket Becomes OpenBazaar

MAY 01, 2014 | Doug Coughlin

DarkMarket, billed as “opensource, uncensored, and private” for the next generation of digital black markets, has taken a note from the reddit community and changed its name to “OpenBazaar” in order to improve its public image.

 30
Monero Loses Darknet Market in Apparent Exit Scam

Monero Loses Darknet Market in Apparent Exit Scam

OCT 05, 2016 | Joël Valenzuela

Monero appears to have lost its darknet market integrations, and very well may have fallen victim to an exit scam.

 16506   |    71
Crypto World Has Been Turning Into Ponzi Scheme: Opinion

Crypto World Has Been Turning Into Ponzi Scheme: Opinion

JUN 17, 2017 | Olusegun Ogundeji

Cryptocurrency use on the darkweb is beyond anyone’s control.

 50136   |    22
Zimbabwe Unleashes New Dollar-Pegged Currency, Should Switch to Bitcoin Instead

Zimbabwe Unleashes New Dollar-Pegged Currency, Should Switch to Bitcoin Instead

DEC 03, 2016 | Joël Valenzuela

Zimbabwe has begun printing bond notes, allegedly pegged to the US dollar, to curb inflation, as other countries turn to Bitcoin.

 5283   |    2
An Estimated $12 Million in Bitcoin Disappears in Dark Market Scam

An Estimated $12 Million in Bitcoin Disappears in Dark Market Scam

MAR 19, 2015 | Matchpool

The rise of online drug markets have led to a new form of drug dealing. Rather than gravitating to dark alleyways, dealing can now be done sitting in bed in one’s underwear. That doesn't mean drug dealing is any less of a risky businesses though. People get cheated all the time. Case in point: on Tuesday, leaders of Evolution, one of the largest online drug markets, shuttered the drug market and ran off with all user funds.

 122
Proposal for Local Dark Market Build on Bitcoin Blockchain Circulates on Satoshi's Mailing List

Proposal for Local Dark Market Build on Bitcoin Blockchain Circulates on Satoshi's Mailing List

MAR 31, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

For the past couple of days, a proposal for a new kind of fully decentralized and potentially anonymous digital dark market has been circulating the Cryptography mailing list – the mailing list used by Satoshi Nakamoto to first publish the Bitcoin white paper.

 60
The Dark Market OpenBazaar To Become an Advanced eBay, not the Next Silk Road

The Dark Market OpenBazaar To Become an Advanced eBay, not the Next Silk Road

MAR 22, 2016 | Joseph Young

OpenBazaar is growing to be a more refined, robust, secure and efficient version of eBay.

 1500
Darknet Market Search Engine Founder: ‘Darknet Promotes Freedoms not Criminal Acts’

Darknet Market Search Engine Founder: ‘Darknet Promotes Freedoms not Criminal Acts’

OCT 24, 2014 | Kenny Spotz

Six months ago a Reddit user by the name gramsadmin posted on /r/DarkNetMarkets to announce the launch of a new darknet search engine, Grams.

 189
AUG 17 DIGEST: Bitcoin XT Released, Reddit Mods Accused of Censorship, and Dark Web Markets Processed more Bitcoin than BitPay in 2014

AUG 17 DIGEST: Bitcoin XT Released, Reddit Mods Accused of Censorship, and Dark Web Markets Processed more Bitcoin than BitPay in 2014

AUG 17, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen have launched Bitcoin XT, new research has found that marketplaces on the dark web frequently process more bitcoin transactions than BitPay, and more news

 214
MAY 19 DIGEST: Ripple Labs Raises $28 Million, Ulbricht Defense Argues Silk Road Made Drug Use Safer

MAY 19 DIGEST: Ripple Labs Raises $28 Million, Ulbricht Defense Argues Silk Road Made Drug Use Safer

MAY 19, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

Ripple Labs raised a US$28 million series A funding round, Ross Ulbricht's defense urges judge in Silk Road case to consider the dark market’s potential for harm reduction, and more news.

 59
AUGUST 14 DIGEST: itBit Won't Use Bitcoin for its Banking Project and 22 Bitcoin Companies Have Applied for the BitLicense

AUGUST 14 DIGEST: itBit Won't Use Bitcoin for its Banking Project and 22 Bitcoin Companies Have Applied for the BitLicense

AUG 14, 2015 | Aaron van Wirdum

New York-based Bitcoin exchange itBit has revealed that it won't use Bitcoin for its upcoming Bankchain project, the NYDFS has so far received 22 BitLicense applications, and more news

 82
MAR 30 DIGEST: SOCOM monitoring Bitcoin for Terrorism Funding, T-Mobile Poland gets own BTM

MAR 30 DIGEST: SOCOM monitoring Bitcoin for Terrorism Funding, T-Mobile Poland gets own BTM

MAR 30, 2015 | Charlie Richards

The United States SOCOM has outlined how it views Bitcoin, admitting to monitoring and tracking transactions. A proposal for a decentralized local dark market has been published aiming to use the blockchain itself to share offers and requests for purchases. T-Mobile Poland installs its own BTM and much more news for March 30.

 74
Police Confiscate 11,000 Bitcoin Wallets; Shut Down Dark Web Site

Police Confiscate 11,000 Bitcoin Wallets; Shut Down Dark Web Site

AUG 03, 2015 | Evander Smart

As the final legal chapters close on Ross Ulbricht’s Silk Road website held within the “Dark Web”, the proliferation of many, many more dark markets is making in-ternational news.

 454
U.S. FBI Brings Down Silk Road 2.0 And Other 'Dark' Marketplaces

U.S. FBI Brings Down Silk Road 2.0 And Other 'Dark' Marketplaces

NOV 06, 2014 | Carlo Caraluzzo

Multiple major darknet marketplaces have been shut down by the FBI today thanks to an informant who worked as a moderator at least one of the sites.

 196
Another US Secret Agent to Plead Guilty to Silk Road Bitcoin Theft

Another US Secret Agent to Plead Guilty to Silk Road Bitcoin Theft

JUN 24, 2015 | Joseph Young

Carl Force, a member of Baltimore’s Silk Road task force and former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent has finally plead for an agreement with prosecutors.

 33
What’s in a Word? DarkMarket Becomes OpenBazaar

What’s in a Word? DarkMarket Becomes OpenBazaar

MAY 01, 2014 | Doug Coughlin

DarkMarket, billed as “opensource, uncensored, and private” for the next generation of digital black markets, has taken a note from the reddit community and changed its name to “OpenBazaar” in order to improve its public image.

 30

Cointelegraph News