silk road
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Heroin, Guns, Stolen Credit Cards: Meet Evolution, The New Silk Road
There’s been a power vacuum in the online drug trade since black market Silk Road got busted. It won’t last. The internet abhors a vacuum just as much as nature. The proof is Evolution, a smarter, more morally bankrupt version of the Silk Road that’s on the rise.
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The 6 Biggest Bitcoin Heists In History
Ever since a single Bitcoin became worth a small fortune, there have been people trying to steal them. Sure, there have some small-time thieves who have stolen a few hundred dollars worth of Bitcoin here and there. But there have also been heists. Massive, highly orchestrated attacks that lead to millions of dollars worth of…
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US Prosecutors Say Silk Road Kingpin Ordered Six Murders For $730,000
Things aren’t looking so good for Ross Ulbricht, the alleged Silk Road mastermind. Federal prosecutors in New York just filed paperwork accusing the 29-year-old of ordering six murders for the lofty price of $US730,000. Ulbricht’s friends swear he wouldn’t hurt a honeybee.
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FBI Scoops Up $28.5 Million In Bitcoin From Silk Road
As of this morning, the FBI had managed to seize 144,000 bitcoins from Silk Road’s founder. Worth some $US28.5 million in current exchange rates, that’s the largest ever seizure of the cryptocurrency. But based on the Bitcoin trail uncovered in recent weeks, over $US50 million could still be missing.