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Finance

US Marshals to Auction 50,000 Bitcoins Seized from Ross Ulbricht

The US Marshals are set to auction off 50,000 BTC next month in connection to the case against Ross Ulbricht.

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Markets

Markets Weekly: Bitcoin Rises Amid Dark Markets Crackdown

The bitcoin price has risen after a variety of law-enforcement agencies conducted an inter-continental crackdown on dark markets.

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Markets

How Can We Make Bitcoin Mainstream?

Bitcoin's move towards the mainstream is steady, but slow. What will be next to help it get there?

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Markets

Google Search Study Hints at 'Shady Truth' of Bitcoin Users

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have published a new paper examining the characteristics of US bitcoin users.

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Markets

Australian Government May Soon Auction $9 Million in Silk Road Bitcoins

About $9m in bitcoin may be sold by the Australian government following the sentencing of a Silk Road user.

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Finance

Court Delays Ross Ulbricht Silk Road Trial Until January 2015

US District Judge Katherine Forrest has adjourned the Ross Ulbricht trial until early next year.

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Markets

European Prosecutors Launch Project to Combat Online Dark Markets

Multiple countries are working together to target the dark web's online markets, and bitcoin is on their watch list.

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Markets

Dark Markets Grow Bigger and Bolder in Year Since Silk Road Bust

The FBI may have taken Silk Road down, but dark markets seem to be booming a year after that marketplace was shuttered.

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Markets

What's the Verdict? The Bitcoin Community Weighs in On Ross Ulbricht

People in the bitcoin space share their views on Silk Road's alleged mastermind, Ross Ulbricht.

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Markets

One Year Later, Lyn Ulbricht Still Fights for Her Son's Freedom

CoinDesk speaks with Lyn Ulbricht about her life and her fight to clear her son's name.

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