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Reuters: Darknet crypto kingpin JokerStash retires after illicit $1 billion run

Reuters features Elliptic research findings that the 'The kingpin or kingpins' of the world’s biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency. 

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