Enforcement Actions

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

According to Bloomberg, cryptocurrency, venture capital, and prediction market firms linked to Donald Trump and his family are rapidly hiring lawyers and lobbyists to prepare for potential congressional investigations. Democratic lawmakers have requested information from World Liberty Financial and

According to Bitcoin.com, Connecticut tax preparer Yuridia Trujillo was charged on October 7 with fabricating stock and cryptocurrency trading losses for clients through her company Yuri's LLC. The alleged fraud spanned tax years 2017 through 2024, involving assets clients never owned. The IRS

Argentine President Javier Milei and his sister Karina were cleared of criminal charges related to the LIBRA memecoin after federal judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi dismissed the case at the prosecution's request. Milei had posted about LIBRA in February 2025, which subsequently collapsed more

According to court documents, a federal judge in Argentina dismissed the criminal case against President Javier Milei and 10 others on charges related to the LIBRA cryptocurrency, ruling that posting about the token did not constitute fraud. Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi approved the dism

According to Bitcoin.com News, Connecticut tax preparer Yuridia Trujillo was charged on October 7 with filing false cryptocurrency losses for clients who never owned the related assets. A federal grand jury indicted her after she allegedly submitted at least 4,335 tax returns between 2017 and 2024,

According to FinanceFeeds reporting, Argentine federal judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi cleared President Javier Milei, his sister Karina Milei, and nine others in the LIBRA criminal investigation on October 23. The 60-page ruling found insufficient evidence to establish fraud or criminal

According to Dragonfly partner Haseeb Qureshi, the disputed patent on threshold ECDSA signing technology was only approved in late July, having been in patent application status prior, and NEAR Intents modified its related algorithm in September. This narrows the potential infringement window to

According to Jin10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a television interview on October 23 that he is considering using cryptocurrency to evade economic sanctions imposed on Israel by other nations. Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot criticized Netanyahu's proposal on October 24,

India's Income Tax Department issued over 44,000 virtual digital asset (VDA) tax notices as part of stricter Crypto Tax in India enforcement, discovering Rs 888 crore (approximately $104 million) in undisclosed VDA income. The notices were triggered after tax officials matched crypto investor