A Russian court sentenced a crime boss described by state media as the founder of dismantled darknet drug marketplace Hydra to life in prison on organized crime and drug charges. Founded in 2015 ...

Berlin, Germany: German police said Tuesday they have taken down Russian-language illegal darknet marketplace Hydra, the largest such network in the world, and seized bitcoins worth 23 million ...

Hydra was once the world’s largest darknet marketplace, accounting for 80% of all darknet-related crypto transactions in 2021 and taking in over $5.2 billion in crypto between its launch in 2015 ...