Abacus market, one of the largest darknet marketplaces, has suddenly stopped working According to analysts at trm labs, after users complained about payment delays, the site's administrators ceased communicating with them. Security experts trm labs suspect that the operators carried out an exit scam, stealing deposits made by users and closing the operation forever. Withdrawal issues blamed on a ddos attack matched typical exit scam patterns. Abacus market, one of the largest remaining darknet drug marketplaces catering to western users, has suddenly disappeared, triggering widespread speculation of a deliberate exit scam. Abacus market, a prominent darknet marketplace, has suddenly ceased operations, leaving users in a state of uncertainty
According to analysts at trm labs, users began reporting payment delays, and subsequently, the site's administrators stopped communicating with them. In early july, abacus market, the largest bitcoin‑based western darknet marketplace, abruptly went offline, triggering widespread suspicions of an exit scam. Trm labs analyzes the likely exit scam and broader darknet market ecosystem shifts. Abacus market, once the leading darknet marketplace catering to western crypto users, has abruptly gone offline, sparking widespread fears of a calculated exit scam. Abacus market, the leading darknet marketplace for bitcoin transactions in the west, has abruptly gone offline in what experts suspect to be either an exit scam or a covert law enforcement takedown, according to bleepingcomputer.
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