Dark Web News

What is the dark web? The dark web exists as a concealed internet realm that facilitates illegal activities, such as drug sales. Certain tools are needed to access the dark web. One generally cannot explore the dark web using regular internet browsers.

Cryptocurrency has been used as dark web money at times. Between 2011 and 2013, a now-infamous online shop on the dark web called Silk Road let users buy and sell things — primarily items of questionable legality — with Bitcoin (BTC) as its method of payment. A number of other dark web stories involve the use of Bitcoin.

Although Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been used in tandem with shady dealings on the dark web, the crypto industry has built up more of a reputation as a legitimate industry as time has passed since Bitcoin’s launch in 2009.

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Cryptocurrency accounts still fetch the highest prices among hacked online accounts, according to online data security provider Privacy Affairs.

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2023-05-02T06:42:48+01:00

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CryptoHarlem founder Matt Mitchell says government and corporate surveillance and citizens’ inability to protect against it are great threats to personal securi...

Who watches the watchers? CryptoHarlem founder Matt Mitchell explains why surveillance is the enemy

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The report defines criminal whales as private wallets that hold more than $1 million worth of crypto, with more than 10% of their balances coming from illicit a...

4% of crypto whales are criminals, and they hold $25B among them: Chainalysis

2022-02-17T06:55:33+00:00

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Changing an intelligence agency's perspective on crypto crime is the next step toward a successful crypto investigation.

Digital intelligence must overcome challenges to solving crypto crimes

Leeor Ben-Peretz

2021-08-20T14:42:00+01:00

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The United States is offering crypto assets to incentivize white hat hackers to uncover state-sponsored actors and potential terrorists on the dark web.

US State Department offers up to $10 million in crypto rewards to white hat hackers

2021-08-17T04:47:26+01:00

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The Biden administration reportedly intends to ramp up efforts to trace cryptocurrency payments.

US government delves deeper into crypto accountability with $10M bounty

2021-07-15T17:06:51+01:00

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A Swedish-Russian citizen has been charged with operating a multi-million Bitcoin laundering service after authorities traced his crypto transactions from 2011.

Alleged $366M Bitcoin mixer busted after analysis of 10 years of blockchain data

2021-04-29T03:27:49+01:00

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The SEC has taken action against a Californian man for fraudulently offering insider stock trading tips on a darknet marketplace.

SEC issues first ever charges over phoney ‘insider information’ on darknet

2021-03-19T01:01:58+00:00

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