Hydra Founder's Life Sentence: A $5B Crypto Crime Saga and What It Means for Darknet Markets

Hydra Founder's Life Sentence: A $5B Crypto Crime Saga and What It Means for Darknet Markets

As a crypto analyst who's seen my fair share of blockchain black swans, the Hydra case still managed to raise eyebrows. Moscow just handed down life sentences to the mastermind behind the $5.2 billion darknet empire - along with some poetic justice involving confiscated Lamborghinis. Let's unpack how this Russian dark web hydra grew heads for seven years before getting decapitated by German authorities, and why its shadow still looms over today's underground crypto economy.