Cybersecurity report

# Elliptic analysis of the Hydra Market Bitcoin seizure

Elliptic, April 5, 2022. Confirmation of 543.3 BTC seized across 88 transactions; successor market ecosystem.

**Source type:** Cybersecurity report

**Published:** April 5, 2022

**Research grade:** T2

**Used in entries:** 3

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Elliptic

**Published:** April 5, 2022

**Source type:** Cybersecurity report

**Research grade:** Source grade T2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

**What it supports:** Confirmation of 543.3 BTC seized across 88 transactions; successor market ecosystem

**Dataset id:** src\_elliptic\_hydra\_2022

## Research notes

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How this source is used

Cited 3 times across 3 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Hydra Market server seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/hydra-market-server-seizure)

Darknet market, April 2022

Supporting source

### Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[approximately 543 cryptocurrency wallets](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/hydra-market-server-seizure)

Cryptocurrency wallets seized, Hydra Market server seizure

Technical evidence

### Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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[Mega, Blacksprut, Kraken, OMG!OMG!, Solaris](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/hydra-market-server-seizure)

Ecosystem successor, Hydra Market server seizure

Technical evidence

[All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)
