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Silk Road Bitcoin Seizure: Analytics Firm Claims Tokens Worth Millions Still Outstanding

22.11.2020
Analytics firm Coinfirm says the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s seizure of digital assets associated with the now-defunct Silk Road left behind tokens worth millions of dollars. According to Coinfirm, there are still valuable balances held on forked addresses originating from that wallet....

Chainalysis Launches Program to Store and Sell Seized Crypto Assets for Governments

13.11.2020
The blockchain intelligence and surveillance company Chainalysis revealed the launch of a new program that aims to help governments and insolvency practitioners sell seized cryptocurrencies. The news follows the recent U.S. government seizure of more than 69,000 BTC worth over $1 billion...

CBS doco on Silk Road throws spotlight on Ross Ulbricht

11.11.2020
The Silk Road saga gets more airtime on the latest CBS News documentary

A Look at ‘Individual X’ and the Seized Stash of Silk Road Bitcoins Worth $1 Billion

9.11.2020
On November 3, 2020, the cryptocurrency community noticed that one of the largest addresses holding 69,369 bitcoins from the Silk Road were transferred. Following the onchain movement, the U.S. government revealed it had seized the coins from a person they dubbed “Individual X.”...

Bitcoiny, které z dark webového tržiště Silk Road ukradl hacker, zabavila americká vláda

7.11.2020
Před 8 lety ukradl hacker bitcoiny z dark webového tržiště Silk Road • Dlouhých pět ležely v peněžence, kterou v úterý někdo vyprázdnil • Ukázalo se, že kryptoměnu zabavila americká vláda

New administration and the DoJ’s continued flex in crypto

6.11.2020
With the election taking all the air out of the room, we look at what new appointments at the DoJ could mean

US Seizes Previously Undetected Silk Road Bitcoins Worth Over $1 Billion

5.11.2020
The U.S. government has seized over $1 billion in bitcoin from previously undetected transactions associated with the Silk Road marketplace and is now seeking the forfeiture of the cryptocurrency. US Confiscates $1 Billion in Bitcoin From Silk Road The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit seeking...

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin at $15K, $1B Silk Road Bust

5.11.2020
Bitcoin’s price keeps climbing amid election uncertainty. A Russia power provider looks to crypto mining. Coinbase eyes Japan

Justice Department seizes $1 billion in recently moved Silk Road crypto

5.11.2020
The move follows widespread crackdowns by the DoJ on crypto

US Seized More Than $1B in Silk Road-Linked Bitcoins, Seeks Forfeiture: Bloomberg

5.11.2020
The seizure on Tuesday, tied to the Silk Road marketplace, is reported to be the largest the U.S. has ever effected

$1 Billion Silk Road Bitcoin Moves for First Time in Five Years

5.11.2020
At least 69,369 bitcoins, worth about $955 million, were on Wednesday moved from a wallet address that may be linked to the collapsed Silk Road darknet marketplace. This is the first time that the funds have moved from the address — bitcoin’s fourth largest — since April 2015....

Nearly $1B in Bitcoin Moves From Wallet Linked to Silk Road

4.11.2020
A wallet possibly belonging to early darknet market Silk Road moved almost $1 billion-worth of bitcoin early on Wednesday

Nearly USD 1B In Bitcoin, Possibly From Silk Road, Moved

4.11.2020
Nearly USD 1 billion in bitcoin (BTC) believed to be from the infamous Silk Road darknet market moved today, for the first time in five years, claimed blockchain tracker Elliptic. According to their report, BTC 69,369 - currently (8:16 UTC) worth USD 945.4m - has been moved out of the bitcoin...

$1B of Bitcoin from Silk Road wallet moves for first time since 2015

4.11.2020
Ciphertrace speculated the anonymous user made the transactions “to stay up to date with the Bitcoin network,” but it may have been hacked

DeFi Still Needs a Silk Road Moment

25.10.2020
Adoption by criminal enterprises is evidence of the product/market fit for censorship-resistant tech and an indicator of whether innovation will see usage in the non-criminal world

The Silk Road Balance Sheet Discrepancy: Bitcoin Worth $4.8 Billion Still Missing

12.10.2020
The original Silk Road marketplace has been shut down for well over seven years now and to this day, 444,000 bitcoin worth $4.8 billion is still missing. Just recently, a report focused on those funds discusses one of the market’s biggest mysteries and how people have seemingly forgotten...