Items tagged with Silk-Road

by Nathan Ord - Fri, Nov 06, 2020

U.S. Feds Seize $1 Billion In Bitcoin Linked To Silk Road Dark Web Marketplace

When cryptocurrency is stolen, it tends to vanish into thin air without no obvious means for recourse. It would typically involve moving the currency across many accounts and disbursing it, so it is slowly spread out. It seems that the hackers that stole over $1 billion in Bitcoin from Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht... Read more...

by Seth Colaner - Thu, Oct 03, 2013

Bitcoin Value Plummets After Silk Road FBI Drug Bust

Bitcoin is a digital currency that has been rather volatile both in regard to its legality and in terms of its value. Up and down it goes, and the value has dropped again to $129 after hitting $140 the previous day in the wake of the shutdown of online marketplace Silk Road by the FBI. Silk Road was a space where illegal drugs and other shady... Read more...