Rich,
   I saw TMP going away,  very interesting. However, I think the absence
   of a seizure notice says it all. The owner, like others, probably
   decided to quit while he was ahead and out of cuffs. What is funny is
   that no bitcoins will likely be lost because TMP uses multi sig, so the
   feds can't take anything without other the buyer and seller agreeing.
   That's not to say that I have a definitive answer but that was my read
   on the situation.

   On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Rich Jones <[1]rich@openwatch.net>
   wrote:

   Interesting but unreported development: TheMarketPlace, aka "TMP", is
   now also gone, although it haven't seen anything about it in any of the
   government press releases. There is no seizure notice, it has simply
   vanished.
   The interesting thing here is that TMP operated over I2P rather than
   Tor. There was a Tor gateway, but I believe the hidden service still
   operated as a proxy inlet to the eepsite. If it has been seized as part
   of Operation Onymous, this would be the first time (that I've heard
   about) that law enforcement has been able to disrupt services on the
   I2P network.
   It's also quite possible that the operators simply got skittish and
   bailed. I certainly wouldn't blame them.
   Anyway, if anybody has any other information about LEO activities on
   I2P, I'd love to know more.
   R
   (ps - is anybody out there actually interested in any of these
   marketplace updates? If not, I'll stop, I'm basically just passing
   along news from various subreddits anyway.)

References

   1. mailto:rich@openwatch.net