Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
View of a Bitcoin sign announcing the acceptance of the crypto for payments at the San Salvador Historical Center on June 22, 2022 in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Photo by Kellys Portillo/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)
Silk Road shuttered in October 2013 after a high-profile FBI investigation ended with the arrest of Ross Ulbricht who is now serving a double life sentence in…
AlphaBay operated for three years as a marketplace on the Tor network, rising as a leader among dark web marketplaces due to its speed, reliability and availability of goods that separated the site from its competitors. (Flickr)