In response to researchers at Chainalysis, revenues generated by underground marketplaces experienced a double-digit decline in 2022, thanks to the closure of the popular Hydra Market in April. The researchers said that dark web revenues fell from $3.1bn in 2021 to only $1.5bn final year, while common daily income for all markets dropped from $4.2m simply prior to Hydra’s closure to only $447,000 instantly after. The researchers noted that though the collective revenues of drugs markets didn’t get well absolutely, they slowly crawled back up to reach earlier levels due to the success of mega darknet market, Blacksprut Market, and OMG!OMG! Market within the wake of the Hydra takedown. The researchers acknowledged that criminals migrated to those primarily drug markets in an ever larger number after in addition they began offering money laundering companies, as Hydra did. Some, like OMG, also provide hacking utilities and stolen banking information. The researchers said OMG has a number of overlaps with Hydra that may counsel its admins are concerned in the mission. These embody the identical "dead drop" trade choices for distributors and patrons and shared cryptocurrency deposit addresses.