Alphabay

Moderator of Darknet Marketplace AlphaBay Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

The Colorado man mediated disputes on the now-defunct darknet marketplace Alphabay.

News  ·  2 September 2020

US DOJ Calls Bitcoin Mixing ‘a Crime’ in Arrest of Software Developer

The arrest of Larry Harmon for an alleged connection to AlphaBay raises major questions: Do bitcoiners have a right to build privacy tech?

News  ·  13 February 2020
Crime

Ohio Resident Charged With Laundering $311M in Bitcoin for AlphaBay

Ohio resident Larry Dean Harmon, 36, has been charged with laundering more than $300 million in bitcoin for darknet marketplace AlphaBay.

News  ·  12 February 2020
Crime

US Government Seizes Lambo and Crypto Millions from Dead Dark Web Kingpin

The U.S. Department of Justice has won the right to confiscate money and items Alexandre Cazes enjoyed from his dark web e-commerce empire's riches.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 September 2018
Regulation

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Bitcoin on Dark Web ‘Is a Big Problem’

U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Sessions is concerned about the use of bitcoin by dark markets online.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 October 2017
Exchanges

Startups See Service Outages Amid Ethereum Blockchain Backlog

The ethereum network's transaction backlog has ensnared a number of cryptocurrency exchanges.

Tech  ·  21 June 2017
Ethereum

This Dark Web Market is Planning to Add Support for Ethereum

One of the most well-known dark markets is looking to add support for ethereum in the coming weeks.

Business  ·  20 March 2017