The operator of two unlicensed digital currency exchanges has been ordered to pay more than $68,000 after a lengthy investigation by the US SEC.
New data reveals bidder participation in the second US Marshals Service bitcoin auction has declined significantly from the first.
The Australian Crime Commission has launched an official investigation into bitcoin's role in organized crime activity, called 'Project Longstrike'.
The Bitcoin Foundation has warned that two unaffiliated fake websites are trying to con users out of their funds.
The second USMS auction of 50,000 BTC is attracting many of the same bidders, if less fanfare.
Operation Onymous seized more than 100 'cloned' sites, where no illicit trading was taking place, a security researcher has found.
The USMS has revealed it will split up its auction of Ross Ulbricht's seized bitcoin to reduce negative effects on the bitcoin market.
The US Marshals are set to auction off 50,000 BTC next month in connection to the case against Ross Ulbricht.
A sheriff's office in Tennessee paid a $500 bitcoin ransom this week to secure thousands of sensitive files.
Artists have created a shopping bot that buys random items off Agora with a weekly $100 bitcoin budget.
The bitcoin price has risen after a variety of law-enforcement agencies conducted an inter-continental crackdown on dark markets.
Operation Onymous has resulted in a string of arrests and dark web domain shutdowns in the past 48 hours.
A criminal case against Bitcoin Savings and Trust's Trendon Shavers has been filed by the US Attorney's Office.
Blake Benthall, the alleged operator of Silk Road 2.0, has been arrested and charged in a Manhattan federal court.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky have published a new paper examining the characteristics of US bitcoin users.