An investigation into the Hydra marketplace has revealed surging transaction volumes and a thriving -- albeit illicit -- cryptocurrency ecosystem. On Tuesday, Flashpoint and Chainalysis jointly ...

The popular underground market traded in drugs, stolen data, forged documents and more — raking in billions in Bitcoin. German authorities have taken down the Hydra marketplace – a popular destination ...

On the dark web, the takedown of yet another cryptocurrency-based black market for drugs has become almost a semiannual routine, with plenty of competitors ready to fill the shoes of any market law ...

The seizure and closure of the Russian-language Hydra dark web marketplace by German authorities is to be rightly celebrated, but enthusiasm should be tempered by the certainty that, like the hydra of ...

Here’s one initial coin offering (ICO) that’s almost certainly illegal, and not just under securities laws. Hydra, reportedly the largest darknet marketplace serving Russia and neighboring countries, ...

Russian investigators confiscated crypto worth around 649 million rubles ($8.2 million) from the wallets of Dmitry Pavlov, the 35-year-old self-confessed server mastermind behind the Hydra darknet ...