it's already been offline for 2 weeks. everyone assumed it was an exit scam like a week ago........so no, i'd say it had nothing to do with the drop over the last couple days.

the bitcoin market doesn't react much to DNM news anyway. it isn't 2013 anymore---don't go expecting another silk road crash like october 2013. that is never gonna happen again.

it's pretty well understood at this point that all darknet marketplaces either exit scam or get shut down eventually. i feel like this is already priced in.


i doubt they're flooding exchanges with the coins. we're also only talking about 2-3k BTC anyway. the exit scam may have played some role in the drop, but i certainly wouldn't say it was the cause.