Enforcement Actions

According to The Block and The Defiant, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Utah on October 28 to block the state from investigating and enforcing actions against federally regulated

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. prosecutors have charged six individuals allegedly linked to an NFT wallet theft fraud operation, with the FBI estimating losses across 74 compromised wallets at over $516,700.

According to Reuters, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating prediction market platform Polymarket on October 28 for potentially violating its 2022 agreement prohibiting U.S. user access. The investigation examines Polymarket's compliance controls and advertising

India's central bank has reasserted a call for a cryptocurrency policy "leaning towards prohibition," while the country's tax department warned that trading via offshore exchanges is hard to track, government documents reviewed by Reuters showed. The documents reveal a preference among key Indian

According to The Block, a Missouri man has pleaded guilty to participating in a robbery and kidnapping scheme aimed at stealing Bitcoin. Prosecutors said the suspect and associates tracked the target and his parents, planning the crime but abandoning the plot after fearing surveillance cameras

According to NPR, Polymarket has investigated dozens of bets on midterm election markets for possible insider trading and manipulation ahead of the November 3 vote, the company's head of global intelligence and investigations, Shana Bautista, said. At least two of those cases have been referred to t

According to a statement from Hong Kong Monetary Authority reported by ChainCatcher, the authority has received numerous public inquiries regarding fraudulent schemes impersonating the digital Hong Kong dollar. The scam agreements falsely claim to convert loans into digital HKD assets and deceive th

According to NPR, Polymarket has investigated "dozens" of trades related to the U.S. midterm elections, with at least two cases referred to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on October 27, according to the platform's director of global intelligence and investigations, Shana

According to Bitcoin.com News, Spanish National Police discovered that wallets linked to collapsed cryptocurrency platform Arbistar transferred over $1.1 billion in Bitcoin following the platform's collapse. Between January and March 2021, wallets associated with key defendants processed

According to Seoul Southern District Court on October 27, the first hearing in a case involving manipulation of 11 virtual assets using automated order programs (APIs) has been postponed to November 17. The defendant, identified as A, is accused of violating the Virtual Asset User Protection Act

India-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX suffered unauthorized access to its abandoned legacy wallet infrastructure on October 21, resulting in a loss of 15.99 million USDT. Co-founder and CEO Sumit Gupta said on October 22 that related alerts might be a “false alarm.” After on-chain investigator ZachXBT challenged that claim with on-chain records, CoinDCX officially acknowledged the loss on October 25. Why the Abandoned Wallet Held 15.99 Million USDT: A Fund-Sweeping Service Quietly Failed A

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Mike Selig posted on X on October 26, saying that while Congress has yet to act on relevant legislation, the CFTC is advancing a voluntary federal registration pathway for cryptocurrency exchanges to help them meet the strict market regulatory standards of the United States. Payward plans to become the first CFTC-regulated market operator on Hyperliquid. Selig: Advancing a Voluntary Federal Registration Pathway for Crypto Exchanges Before Co

According to court filings, the New York Gaming Commission filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court on October 26, seeking to enforce a July 31 subpoena investigating Kalshi's sports event contracts, underage user access, investment-style marketing, and corporate structure. The commission

India's Income Tax Department has contacted thousands of individuals engaged in digital asset trading who failed to report this income in their tax filings for the financial years 2022–23 and 2023–24, marking an intensified enforcement of Crypto Tax in India compliance. The Central Board of Direct T