The bust of one of the biggest child porn sites, Welcome to Video, on the deep web echoed the crackdown of Silk Road, a darknet marketplace. This bust, however, was quite different from that of Silk Road, with the only thing common between them being Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency named as the go-to for dark web […]
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Coinspeaker Tracing Bitcoin Payments Helped Revealing Largest Child Porn SiteLaw enforcement was able to trace payments in Bitcoin to the Darknet child porn site by following the flow of funds on the blockchain.
On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced that it had shut down the largest child pornography website by content volume. It also arrested its owner and 337 site users across 38 countries.
Bitcoin is a potentially world-changing financial technology, designed by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. But Bitcoin also brought with it the birth of blockchain – distributed ledger technology that may not be world-changing, but certainly can redefine and improve upon certain industries.
The U. S. and Korean authorities have reportedly cracked one of the world’s largest sites for child pornography, a crime that is proliferating at a furious pace. According to the sources, the bust was revealed on October 16, after U.
В рамках специальной операции полиция ФРГ установила контроль над так называемым «кибербункером» с сотнями серверов даркнет-рынков наркотиков и детской порнографии и арестовала семерых подозреваемых.
Silk Road 2 and Silk Road Reloaded launched shortly after Ross Ulbricht was arrested and the Silk Road, the first and largest darknet marketplace, was taken down. The drama that would unfold surrounding the case of Ulbricht would overshadow the existence of flourishing alternative markets, many of which did not have the same scruples as the Silk Road.
After graphic images of child sex abuse appeared on Tumblr in November, the app was quickly removed from Apple’s App store (it remained on Google Play). And rightfully so. Child sex abuse imagery has no place online, and Apple was well within its rights to stop distributing an app containing it.
South Korea just ruled that bitcoin is a legally recognizable asset, which is good news for investors, but not such good news for convicted criminals that had managed to hold onto their cryptocurrency in the past.
Officials of Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) seized 63 illegal crypto mining machines on Friday, according to a report by The Nation. The illegal crypto mining rigs, worth around 2 million baht ($60,000), were found in three abandoned houses in the Pathum Thani province.
VanEck has submitted an S-1 registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed Avalanche exchange-traded fund (ETF), aiming to provide investors with direct exposure to AVAX.
Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart believes the next phase of adoption for crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will be driven by financial advisers, wirehouses, and brokers managing assets for high-net-worth individuals.
Bolivia has authorized its state-run energy company, YPFB, to use crypto for fuel imports as the country struggles with a worsening dollar shortage and fuel crisis. The government approved the move to sustain fuel subsidies and secure essential energy supplies amid declining foreign currency reserves.
The amount of Bitcoin (BTC) held by public corporations reached 592,112 BTC in 2024, according to Bitcoin Treasuries data. Bitwise head of research Ryan Rasmussen highlighted that the number is twice as much Bitcoin as institutions accumulated in the previous five years combined.
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, secured its first institutional investment with a $2 billion backing from Abu Dhabi-based investment giant MGX. The deal, announced on March 12, marks the largest investment ever received by a crypto company and the most significant transaction conducted entirely in stablecoins.
Crypto exchange Kraken, legally known as Payward Inc. , is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) in early 2026. The company cites a more favorable regulatory environment under President Donald Trump, marking a significant shift from the constant regulatory hurdles the exchange suffered under the Biden administration.