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While the official story surrounding its shutdown was that it was hacked, conspiracy theories swirled. Some thought that the Nucleus site admins were executing an exit scam, while others believed that the admins had been arrested. Transactions on Nucleus, like for many other darknet marketplaces, were made largely in Bitcoin, as the cryptocurrency was harder to track and, therefore, offered some level of anonymity for those engaged in such activities.