The AlphaBay Market went down Tuesday night without any explanation, many users that have purchased products on the marketplace fear the Exit-Scam. Users at Reddit and Twitter are claiming that administrators have shut down the black market to withdraw a huge amount of Bitcoins from The AphaBay market accounts. AlphaBay is considered the largest marketplace on the dark web, competing against the likes of Abraxas, Dream, and Hansa. The Evolution market famously ended with the loss of 40,000 bitcoins in March 2015.”]
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