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Uncertainty is affecting what used to be the safer end of the market.
Although it’s estimated illicit activity amounts to less than 1% of all cryptocurrency transactions, figures of losses are still staggering – and on the rise.
Jurisdictions have long contended with the threat cryptocurrencies pose to central banks’ power over monetary policy.
If you look at the reasons people buy art, almost none of them have to do with the physical work.
The case for all things Tor.
The increasing availability of drugs online raises questions about policing methods that were developed to deal with more traditional drug markets.
While sovereign governments need to develop coherent frameworks to regulate cryptocurrency, permanent solutions will be found through international co-operation.
Today, there are more than 20 cryptomarkets selling illicit drugs, or more than 55 if single-vendor markets are included.
Recent media reports have once again put the public spotlight on cryptomarkets, the eBay-style websites operating on the encrypted dark net. They facilitate a vast and anonymous global trade in black market…
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