How Hydra, a Russian dark net market, made more than $1 billion in 2020

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    "Germany takes down Hydra, world's largest darknet market

    The servers of Hydra Market, the most prominent Russian darknet platform for selling drugs and money laundering, have been seized by the German police.

    The police were also able to seize 543 bitcoins from the profits of Hydra, which are currently worth a little over $25 million.

    The confiscated money indicate the size of the Hydra market, which counted around 19,000 registered seller accounts that served at least 17 million customers around the world..."

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/germany-takes-down-hydra-worlds-largest-darknet-market/
     
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