There's a link in the WhoIs that linked to the domain confiscation page seen in attached picture.
FBI linked group has taken over BTC-E
Carter Gonzalez
Other urls found in this thread:
archive.is
dnc.org.nz
btc-e.nl
archive.is
twitter.com
Kevin Nelson
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Josiah Jones
EVERYBODY SELL EVERYTHING ON BTC-E!!!!!
Cooper Baker
explain, i understand nothin
Dominic Smith
When the FBI takes over a domain, they use name servers like "sinkhole.shadowserver.org". The same thing happened to Liberty Reserve when the Feds took it over.
Basically this.
archive.is
Logan Butler
BTC-E has been known to be a sketchy Russian/Bulgarian owned bitcoin exchange that is operated entirely anonymously. Basically no one knows who the fuck the owners are or where they are from. Ironically, they actually had one of the best reputations in the industry when it comes to security and uptime and ease of use. I'm guessing they have some links to money trafficking or other forms of high level crime and the FBI is putting a stop to it
Angel Garcia
When will we have a fully functioning and easy to use DEX? At that point it will officially be game over.
Alexander Torres
btc-e.nz unaffected so far
dnc.org.nz
Noah Torres
Maybe linked to the recent arrsst in greece?
Cooper Robinson
Yes, it's the same thing.
The redirect to the FBI servers is most likely a trap to fish out the remaining Admins while will try to access the website.
Cooper Green
>while will try
*who will try
Brody Ramirez
Figured going to be an interesting month for BTC
I'd love to know how much BTC they ceased from the people involved, artikel didn't mention any specific numbers, wonder if they dump them in august
Jackson Ross
Business idea:
Make a non KYC exchange that is only open to people from some sub-sahara shithole countries and make people who sign up explicitly agree that they are not American, European or Chinese citizens.
Btc-e only got fucked because they did business with American citizens. If you credibly exclude people from relevant countries then fbi or other competent police force has no reason to go down on you.
Evan Roberts
>BTC-E
Who...?
Nolan Myers
It's going to be a sad day when companies start excluding amerfarts due to their government's regulations.
Kills innovation.
> inb4 MUH MONEY LAUNDERING ISN'T INNOVATIVE
Yes you small minded amerifargot, but having people w8 3 weeks for ID verification to trade coins is annoying and invades privacy. No one wants your bureaucracies meddling with their taxes due to their support of certain organizations (irs auditing people due to political views).
Dylan Brooks
It was the oldest existing Bitcoin exchange until it was shut down a few days ago.
Logan Thomas
This was also just registered:
btc-e.nl
Luis Scott
They already do. It is already a chore to find foreign banks that will let an American open an account. The banks absolutely don't want to comply with U.S. reporting requirements, not that I blame them.
Levi Richardson
Holy fuck it's down..
Anthony Perry
So what happens to people who have fiat or coins held on the exchange?
Any users here affected?
Connor Perry
No idea. Everyone is panicking since no one knows what's going on or what to do.
Jayden Brown
Yeah, these are all uncharted waters.
Hard even to gauge the fundamental forces.
Jace Russell
And there it is:
archive.is
Dominic Smith
So BTC-e is suddenly the safest and most trustworthy exchange. Great news.
Camden Davis
The site was up on Wed. when I last checked:
Lucas Hill
Yeah, $100 in ETH. It's a shit situation, but I went in as much as I was prepared to lose.
Connor Johnson
According to this, if the Feds get your IP from BTC-e, they may consider you avoiding taxes, and audit your taxes.
Christopher Carter
This is already occurring. From poker to bank accounts the rest of the world will not deal with US citizens unless they are very wealthy as US authorities have international reach it's simply easier to avoid doing business with them and the regulatory compliance that comes with them.
Joseph Peterson
Started playing online poker in 03. This isn't good.