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DOJ says it seized over $1 billion in bitcoin from the Silk Road drugs marketplace

DOJ says it seized over $1 billion in bitcoin from the Silk Road drugs marketplace

FromTechCrunch Industry News


DOJ says it seized over $1 billion in bitcoin from the Silk Road drugs marketplace

FromTechCrunch Industry News

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3 minutes
Released:
Nov 6, 2020
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Two days ago, about $1 billion worth of bitcoin that had sat dormant since the seizure of the Silk Road marketplace in 2013, one of the biggest underground drug websites on the dark web, suddenly changed hands. Who took it? Mystery over. It was the U.S. government. In a statement Thursday, the Justice Department confirmed […]
Released:
Nov 6, 2020
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