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Pro-Russian Groups Are Crowdfunding Weapons Buys With Crypto on Telegram, Study Finds
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, cryptocurrency has played a surprisingly big role. As a new fundraising tool, crypto has helped Ukraine raise millions of dollars as it seeks to supplement the already gargantuan amount of money flowing into the country from official U.S. aid and a constellation of charitable organisations. Russia, meanwhile, doesn’t appear…
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Authorities Shutter Sprawling Dark Web Drug Bazaar and Seize Around $35 Million in Bitcoin
Hydra, a longtime dark web cesspool of money laundering and drug sales, has been shut down by police.