Alphabay was ranked as the largest online marketplace for selling weapons, drugs and wage murders paid with digital coins, had more than 200,000 active users, the news was officially released by the United States Department of Justice after a Statement from its CEO Rob Wainwright.
Rob indicated that it was a success for the countries of Europe next to the USA, and that the closure of this market was a blow to the drug traffickers and criminals of the world, the news of the closure was released in early July but was not made Official until a few days ago.
Alphabay had a transaction log of $ 600,000 to $ 800,000 a day.
Its founder Alexandre Cazes was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand and soon after committed suicide in his hanged cell with a towel, the Dark Webs were marketed in virtual currencies, implying that the world population distrust the bitcoin by monetizing in companies like Alphabay and Hanse Closed in July of this year.
A few days that the bitcoin suffers its bifurcation many news impact in the evolution of the same increasing the expectation and the direction that the currencies will take.
Source: Diariobitcoin
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STOPWOW! crazy
Beautiful post