Silk Road

Crime

Sinister New Site ‘Assassination Market’ Enables Users to Contribute Bitcoins for Murder of US Officials

An anonymous Assassination Market has recently launched with six targets submitted, with bitcoin donations.

Business  ·  19 November 2013
Regulation

Balanced Regulation Could Help the Good in Bitcoin Overcome the Bad

Crime is giving bitcoin a bad name. Could regulation help bitcoin fulfil its potential?

Policy & regulation  ·  19 November 2013
Regulation

Bitcoin Foundation Plays Down Silk Road Connection at Senate Hearing

Participants will reveal differing opinions on anonymity and Silk Road at a key Senate bitcoin hearing on Monday.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 November 2013
Crime

US man arrested for selling guns on Black Market Reloaded

As online black marketplaces proliferate a US man is arrested for selling guns on the Black Market Reloaded site.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 November 2013
Crime

Homeland Security Committee chairman responds to “Silk Road 2.0”

Senator Tom Carper has responded to a new black marketplace that has been created on the dark web.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 November 2013
Crime

FBI proves seizing bitcoins isn’t the same as owning them

The FBI might have seized Ross Ulbricht's Silk Road bitcoins, but that doesn't mean they can access them.

Policy & regulation  ·  30 October 2013
Crime

Silk Road’s anonymity helped Feds bring it down

New evidence has come to light suggesting the Feds infiltrated Silk Road long before the website was taken down.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 October 2013
Markets

Bitcoin price soars to highest level since April bubble

Bitcoin's price has been increasing for the past few weeks, but what's behind this and will it last?

Markets  ·  21 October 2013
Crime

Black Market Reloaded back online following source code publication error

Thought Silk Road was mismanaged? Black Market Reloaded just effectively published its source code online.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 October 2013
Crime

Silk Road case could set bitcoin legal precedent against self-incrimination

A legal precedent could arise if Ross Ulbricht is forced to reveal the passwords to Silk Road's bitcoin wallet.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 October 2013
Capital One

Remote control, rank craziness and revolution 2.0

John Law's week in bitcoin: coffee commerce, Capital One chocolate coins, and UK Silk Road users arrested.

Markets  ·  11 October 2013
Crime

Four “significant users” of Silk Road arrested in UK

Four men in the UK have been arrested over their alleged roles in the online marketplace Silk Road.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 October 2013
Crime

Silk Road alternatives emerge as public hammers FBI bitcoin wallet

The bitcoin community mocks the FBI, sending messages to the address used for seizing Silk Road's funds.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 October 2013
News

Sex, drugs and racks of beef

Now Silk Road is offline, why not spend your spare bitcoins on ethically farmed beef and erotic bitcoin novels?

Markets  ·  4 October 2013
Crime

Why reports of bitcoin’s death are greatly exaggerated

The bitcoin world has been in a whirlwind the past few days. How was the bitcoin price impacted?

Policy & regulation  ·  4 October 2013