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Kyle Armstrong, of the FBI’s Virtual Currency Initiative, says the Bureau has 130 crypto-related cases, and that dark web drug sales are a particular concern.
U.S. prosecutors have seized around $17 mln in BTC and other cryptocurrencies from both men, and are also seeking to forfeit the value of a further 4,000 BTC.
Adoption
Famous legal brothel, the Bunny Ranch, is exploring Bitcoin as payment for its services.
Security
Six men are accused in Holland over laundering Bitcoin profits from drug dealing on the Dark Web
Regulations
Jeff Sessions has called the Dark Web a “big problem” before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Jamaican Police have crafted a plan to slow human traffickers using Bitcoin.
Europol concludes that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Zcash, Monero and Ethereum are increasingly becoming popular among the darkweb, usually associated with...
Hackers who stole data of 143 million Americans say they’ll delete the information for $2.6 mln.
Bitcoin is “a lot more legitimate than people give it credit for” according to a US Homeland Security source.
Ruckus
Disgraced Secret Service Agent who embezzled confiscated Silk Road Bitcoin has now admitted he stole more than he originally admitted to.
WannaCry hackers suddenly empty wallets, experts weigh in on where the money goes. Meanwhile, the hero of the day who disabled the initial attacks is arrested j...
EU Report downplays cryptocurrency use among terrorists.
Cryptocurrency use on the darkweb is beyond anyone’s control.
New UK statistics reveal that stolen credit card details can go for as little as £11 on the dark web.
As the European Drug Report 2016 comes out, Cointelegraph speaks to Peter Todd about Monero, the decriminalization of Bitcoin and the right to protect one’s pri...
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The database of BitcoinTalk.org, a popular Bitcoin forum founded and moderated by Reddit Bitcoin moderator Theymos, is being sold on the dark web.
Nigel Farage, the former Ukip leader's closest aide George Cottrell is in custody in the US awaiting trial on 21 charges including attempted extortion, money la...
Cointelegraph spoke to the writer and associate producer of TV movie documentary ‘Down the Deep, Dark Web’ (2016) Yuval Orr about Silk Road, crypto-anarchists a...