DarkNet Markets

Monopoly Market vanished in late December 2021 at roughly the same time the administrator of Cartel Market disappeared.

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Read more: Monopoly Market and Cartel Market Are Gone.

ToRReZ Market is retiring, according to an announcement from the market’s administrators.

In October 2021, White House Market announced their retirement after a successful run. Less than two months later, ToRReZ Market, which launched as the “first community-driven market,” announced their retirement as well.

Mr. Blonde, the ToRReZ administrator who signed the farewell message, hinted at the possibility of a return in the future. In the message, the administrator warned against using established marketplaces; they said that markets grow closer to collapse as they age. Traditionally, retiring markets have suggested users migrate to certain “friendly” markets or equally well-established markets. Mr. White, the administrator of White House Market, encouraged users to migrate to Monopoly Market or Versus Market. He highlighted Monopoly Market’s walletless system and Versus' enforced multi-sig.

Read more: ToRReZ Market is Retiring

Cannazon, a popular marketplace for marijuana and related products, willing be voluntarily shutting down.

In the retirement message on the market’s homepage, the administrators of Cannazon wrote that users will be able to access the market through the 28th of this month. The announcement comes after some extended downtime due to a heavy denial of service attack.

Read more: Cannazon Market is Retiring

One of the leading darkweb marketplaces, White House Market, ended support for Bitcoin transactions.White House Market (WHM) launched as a Monero-only marketplace. At the time, WHM was one of the few marketplaces that only supported payments using Monero.

Some customers requested support for Bitcoin as a payment option.The market implemented Bitcoin support via Morphtoken’s API. WHM, when adding Bitcoin support, reiterated that the market was designed to support only Monero and would eventually return to a Monero-only model.

There are obvious reasons for a market to encourage the use of Monero over Bitcoin.

Read more: White House Market Ends Support for Bitcoin Payments