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Today in crypto, Abacus Market, a Bitcoin-powered darknet marketplace, has gone offline amid possible law enforcement pressure. Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund is reportedly considering cryptocurrencies as a viable asset class for its national reserves, and Ripple told Cointelegraph that it intends to pursue a MiCA license.
Abacus Market, the largest Bitcoin-powered Western darknet marketplace, has gone offline in an apparent exit scam.
Its website and infrastructure, including its clearnet mirror, are inaccessible, TRM Labs said in a report on Monday. The disappearance has led TRM to believe the “operators have likely conducted an exit scam, shutting down operations and disappearing with users’ funds.”
