A media report says that data from hundreds and thousands of users is on sale in the dark market, which always remains in the spotlight for such illicit promotional offers.
A news website reporting on the dark web/ black market reported that a user’s profile with the name AKM69 sells lists full of Gemini users’ private information, a popular centralized exchange.
In the blog post published on March 27, 2025, Dark Web cyber news said, “ The database for sale reportedly includes 100,000 records, each containing full names, emails, phone numbers, and location data of individuals from the United States and a few entries from Singapore and the UK.”
The number of user data on sale in around 100k United States residents, including full name, mobile number, email ID, and location, is worth noting that some users are from Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Is the usage of crypto also growing in the dark market?
Since the evolution of cryptocurrencies, their usage in the dark market, operating on the dark web, has grown to new heights due to their decentralized nature and anonymity.
In its early days, Bitcoin was one of the most used types of currency in the dark market, but with the widening of the crypto market, several other types of crypto are now used to exchange goods like drugs and weapons, and are also used for human trafficking.
Especially in the year 2024, the usage of crypto in the dark market remained at its peak, and Bitcoin was still dominating with the highest acceptance.
The entities on the dark market are mostly in the spotlight due to their alleged selling of data of users of several known firms like Tata Insurance and Crypto ETF.
Growing crypto usage in the dark market and for illicit activities has slightly defamed the image of crypto globally, yet the prices control the charge.
Why is the market down today?
Over the past 24 hours, the crypto market cap was down by 2.90% at $2.77 trillion, and the fear and greed were at 33, indicating a strong bearish outlook in sentiment.
Bitcoin is exchanging hands at $85,132 with a loss of 2.90% intraday in the same time frame. Ethereum is down by 6.38,% and XRP is at $2.21 with a loss of 6.00%.
According to the data from CoinMarketCap, the intraday gainer’s list has been ruled by Cronos, Four, Toncoin, DeXe, EOS, and Berachain at the same time, the loser is Lido, Ethena, Stacks, Floki, PanCakeSwap, Official Trump and Curve DAO token.
The weekly gainers are Cronos, which grew 39% in a week; Berachain, around 31%; Maker, Render, and Zcash; and the losers in the frame were PanCakeSwap, UniSwap, and Kaspa.