U.S. Justice Department says it has seized 69,370 in bitcoin from a mysterious digital wallet. The wallet was linked to the Silk Road darknet marketplace, which was shuttered in 2013. The FBI seized 174,000 bitcoins from the site’s owner, worth about $105 million at the time. Some believed that hackers may have found a cryptographic key that would allow them to bypass passwords and access the cryptocurrency. At least some of the missing bitcoins associated with the site have been accounted for, federal prosecutors say.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/doj-seizes-1-billion-worth-bitcoin-linked-to-silk-road-a-15315