07
April
2022

Authorities Shutter Dark Web Drug Bazaar, Seize $25 Million in Bitcoin

Police have shut down Hydra, an established dark web hub for money laundering and drug sale, Officials from Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office made the announcement Tuesday about Hydra’s demise. They released a press release stating that authorities had taken much of the site’s server infrastructure and 543 bitcoins. This is approximately $22.5 million. Authorities claim they have […]

24
March
2022

The Fed Could Take 10 Years to Get Inflation Under Control, Says Almonty Industries CEO

Almonty Industries CEO Lewis Black spoke to Kitco News about the U.S. economy, inflation, and other topics in this interview. Almonty is a multinational mining company that focuses on tungsten exploration and mining. Black has more than 15 years of experience working in the tungsten mining sector. Black recently revealed that tungsten is used in batteries for […]

10
March
2022

US won’t allow crypto to be used to avoid taxes

Bitcoin rose 8.8% on Wednesday to close at $41.9K. Evidently, the benchmark cryptocurrency had problems growing above $42K. We will see a strong reversal back to $39K on Thursday morning. Bitcoin fell 5.6% in 24 hours Ethereum – 4.8%. Other top altcoins are also falling from 1% (Terra), to 7.2% (Avalanche). CoinMarketCap reports that the total capitalization for the […]