Mysterious wallet linked to Abraxas darknet moves $144m to Bitcoin mixer
A $144 million Bitcoin transaction has been uncovered linked to the defunct Abraxas darknet market, which shut down in 2015. Blockchain analyst ZachXBT has uncovered a mysterious transaction involving 4,800 BTC, equivalent to roughly $144 million. The wallet in question has been linked to the Abraxas darknet market, an underground trading platform that ceased operations under mysterious circumstances in November 2015, clearing out all user funds. The linked wallet consolidated the BTC into a single transaction before depositing the funds into a Bitcoin mixer, a method that obscures the origins of cryptocurrency to make transactions untraceable. An entity moved ~4800 BTC ($144M) originating from Abraxas darknet market which exit scammed in Nov 2015 after previously sitting dormant. They consolidated funds and also deposited to a bitcoin mixer. This graph shows an example of the movements from one of the addresses. pic.twitter.com/zVBSs6mrc4 — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) October 23...