Enforcement Actions

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, agreed to pay $172,000 to settle insider-trading charges. Perez allegedly misappropriated confidential government information to trade "presidential mention market" contracts

According to the CFTC, on Friday, Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, was fined $172,000 for trading on advance knowledge of presidential speeches. Perez generated over $107,500 in profits between December 2025 and February 2026 by wagering on 'presidential mention market'

According to Real Trump Coins' official statement on Saturday, the entity denied launching, promoting, or authorizing the Trump Digital GOLD token that appeared across its online presence before collapsing. The company blamed the promotion on third-party bad actors and said it was working with autho

Real Trump Coins denied launching the Trump Digital GOLD token on Saturday after promotional content briefly appeared on its X account and website before collapsing. The company blamed the promotion on third-party bad actors and stated it was working with authorities to investigate. The denial

According to Real Trump Coins' official statement, on Saturday (Aug. 29), the organization denied authorizing, launching, or promoting the Solana-based GOLD token that was briefly promoted across its X account and RealTrumpCoins.com website before being deleted. The company said it was

According to The Energy Mag, Sweden's tax authority has contested input VAT deductions claimed by Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital's Swedish subsidiaries for cryptocurrency mining operations, with disputes extending from 2025 into 2026. HIVE's Bikupa Datacenter subsidiaries received decisions

According to Real Trump Coins' statement on Saturday, the platform denied launching, promoting, or authorizing the Solana-based GOLD token that briefly appeared across its online presence, attributing the promotion to third-party bad actors. The Real Trump Coins X account had promoted the token on S

According to Swedish Tax Agency decisions and company disclosures, Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital have faced proposed VAT assessments totaling €28 million and €20 million respectively in relation to cryptocurrency mining activities at their Swedish facilities. HIVE recorded an $84.7 million

According to The Energy Mag, the Swedish Tax Agency issued proposed VAT decisions against subsidiaries of Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital starting in September 2025, disputing computing and infrastructure services classified as cryptocurrency mining outside the VAT system. HIVE's Bikupa subsidiari

The Swedish Tax Agency has issued proposed value-added tax decisions against subsidiaries of Northern Data AG and secured appellate rulings against two Swedish units of HIVE Digital (NASDAQ: HIVE). The companies maintain their facilities supplied computing capacity or infrastructure services to

According to The Energy Mag, Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital subsidiaries faced Swedish Tax Agency VAT decisions in September 2025 and December 2022 respectively, with proposals to deny input-VAT deductions totaling €48 million for Northern Data and confirmed liabilities of €76.6 million for HIVE.

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis filed a public complaint Friday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of improperly awarding a $94.66 million sole-source contract to rival TRM Labs, with the redacted complaint revealing a sealed version

According to The Block, Chainalysis Government Solutions accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday of improperly awarding a $94.66 million sole-source blockchain analytics contract to rival TRM Labs. In a complaint filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Chainalysis

According to The Energy Mag, HIVE Digital (NASDAQ: HIVE) and Northern Data AG face VAT decisions from Sweden's Tax Agency in September 2025, which classified certain cryptocurrency mining activities as outside the VAT system and denied input-VAT recovery. HIVE recognized an 822

The Swedish Tax Agency issued proposed value-added tax decisions against subsidiaries of Northern Data AG and secured appellate court rulings against two Swedish units of HIVE Digital (NASDAQ: HIVE), asserting that their computing activities constituted cryptocurrency mining outside the VAT system r

According to The Energy Mag, the Swedish Tax Agency issued proposed VAT decisions against subsidiaries of Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital beginning in late 2025, asserting that certain computing activities constituted cryptocurrency mining outside the VAT system. Northern Data faces denied input-V

According to Cointelegraph, Real Trump Coins denied launching or authorizing the Solana-based Trump Digital GOLD token on Saturday (Aug. 29), blaming the promotion on third-party bad actors. The Real Trump Coins X account had promoted the token and directed users to RealTrumpCoins.com before the

According to Swedish Tax Agency decisions and regulatory filings, Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital face combined VAT assessments exceeding €48 million stemming from disputes over cryptocurrency mining operations. The tax authority audited Northern Data's Boden facilities beginning September 2025, p

According to The Energy Mag, Swedish tax authorities have intensified scrutiny of cryptocurrency miners, with HIVE Digital and Northern Data AG facing significant VAT (value-added tax) disputes in August 2026. HIVE has recognized an $84.7 million provision for disputed VAT periods through