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Dark Web Founder Loses $100 Million in Bitcoin After 40-Year Sentence
Original: Dark Web Founder Loses $100 Million in Bitcoin After 40-Year Sentence: Where Does It Go?
The founder of a major dark web marketplace has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, and roughly $100 million in seized Bitcoin is now subject to forfeiture. The key question drawing attention is where the cryptocurrency will end up — whether auctioned off by authorities, transferred to government holdings, or redistributed to victims of the platform.
Why now: The scale of the Bitcoin haul and uncertainty over its fate have fuelled debate about how governments handle seized crypto.
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- Dark Web Founder Loses $100 Million in Bitcoin After 40-Year Sentence: Where Does It Go? · Yahoo Finance
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