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Listen to Elon Musk's Latest EDM Beats on the CoinDesk Crypto Roundup
We've got the 'hawt' new single from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and as bitcoin ends its best January ever, traders eye a price move above the psychological level of $10,000.
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Silk Road Operator Pleads Guilty to 1 Charge of Conspiracy
Roger Clark, an alleged operator behind the Silk Road darknet site arrested in 2015, has pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to distribute narcotics.
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Silk Road Seller Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering $19 Million With Bitcoin
Brian Haney, a former narcotics trafficker, pled guilty to charges that he laundered $19 million in bitcoin on Silk Road.
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Inside the Museum of Bitcoin: An Interactive Tour of Crypto History
We took a tour of the Museum of Bitcoin, a pop-up installation at The North American Bitcoin Conference 2019. It was a trip down memory lane.
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Secret Service Agent Gets Extra Jail Time Over Theft of Silk Road Bitcoin
A former U.S. Secret Service agent has been given an additional prison term for laundering Silk Road bitcoin stolen from a U.S government wallet.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Bitcoin on Dark Web 'Is a Big Problem'
U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Sessions is concerned about the use of bitcoin by dark markets online.
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Ross Ulbricht Drops Claim to Millions Raised in Silk Road Bitcoin Auctions
The convicted operator of the Silk Road dark market has given up his claim to over $48 million raised after the sale of more than 144,000 bitcoins.
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Welcome to Bitcoin Country: Silk Road and the Lost Threads of Agorism
Silk Road and black markets? University of Dublin's Paul Ennis takes a dive into the kinds of sub-cultures bitcoin and cryptocurrencies enable.
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Prosecutors: Rogue Silk Road Agent Stole 1,600 BTC After 2015 Guilty Plea
New charges have been filed against a former Secret Service agent previously plead guilty stealing bitcoins during the Silk Road investigation.
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Judges Shoot Down Silk Road Operator's Appeal Bid
Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for operating the now-defunct dark market Silk Road, has lost his appeal.
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