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Archetyp Market: Five Years, €330 Million in Monero, and an Undisclosed MethodDarknet & Illicit MarketsCryptocurrency & Web3
A market that took only Monero ran for five years and €330 million. The playbook that broke Silk Road and AlphaBay did not apply — and the authorities who dismantled it have not said what did.
Darknet & Illicit MarketsCryptocurrency & Web3
Dismantling of the Ketamelon Darknet Narcotics Syndicate in Operation MELONDarknet & Illicit Markets
In mid-2025, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Cochin Zonal Unit executed Operation MELON, dismantling India's premier Level-4 darknet narcotics syndicate operating under the vendor moniker...
Darknet & Illicit Markets