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BitcoinGerman authorities shut down Hydra darknet marketplace, seizing 500 bitcoin04 / 05 / 2022बिटकॉइन एथेरियम समाचार German authorities have shut down the darknet marketplace Hydra after securing server infrastructure and seizing 543.3 BTC (25 million USD). The Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutors Office, Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT), and Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) anounced the seizure in a कथन (in German) on Tuesday. In a note to The Block, the press office said no arrests had been made. The closure of Hydra follows the closure of several other darknet markets over the past few months including UAS Store, Ferum Shop, Sky-Fraud Forum and Trumps Dumps. The marketplace began operations in December 2015 and focused on the trade of illegal narcotics, as well as forged documents and digital services. It became the top Russian-language darknet marketplace following the closure of Russian Anonymous Marketplace (RAMP) in 2017. Hydra was particularly notable for its brazen business tactics. It ran advertising campaigns on clearnet sites such as YouTube and may have even conducted DDoS attacks against competitors, according to विश्लेषण from blockchain forensics team Ciphertrace last year. अपना क्रिप्टो दैनिक संक्षिप्त प्राप्त करेंn दैनिक वितरित, सीधे आपके इनबॉक्स में। At the time of closure, approximately 17 million customer and more