Enforcement Actions

According to Bitcoin.com News and CFTC, on Aug. 28, 2026, White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez was fined $172,539.02 after winning 39 of 43 Kalshi prediction market contracts using insider information. The CFTC disclosed that between December 2025 and February 2026, Perez leveraged

Gabriel Perez, a White House teleprompter operator, must pay $172,539.02 and accept a three-year trading ban after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a settlement on Aug. 28. The CFTC found that between December 2025 and February 2026, Perez misappropriated information from

According to the CFTC on August 28, Gabriel Perez, a White House teleprompter operator, was fined $172,539.02 for using advance access to presidential speeches to trade on Kalshi prediction market contracts between December 2025 and February 2026. Perez won 39 of 43 contracts by purchasing

New York State's Division of Consumer Protection issued an investment scam warning on Aug. 26 after the Federal Trade Commission recorded more than $8 billion in reported losses from 144,041 consumers in 2025, marking a 38% increase from 2024. The alert highlighted how artificial intelligence

According to Bitcoin News, UK police seized 20.21 BTC worth $1.4 million linked to a dark web marketplace that operated between 2016 and 2019.

According to New York Division of Consumer Protection, investment scam losses exceeded $8 billion in 2025, a 38% increase from 2024, after 144,041 consumers reported losses on August 26. The median reported loss reached $10,560, with schemes initiated through social media, dating apps, text

According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez was ordered on August 29 to pay $172,000 to settle charges that he used advance access to President Trump's speeches to profit from prediction markets on Kalshi. Perez was ordered to

According to New York's Division of Consumer Protection, the state issued an investment scam alert on Aug. 26 after 144,041 consumers reported losing over $8 billion in 2025, representing a 38% increase from 2024. The median reported loss reached $10,560. Fraudsters increasingly use artificial

According to ChainCatcher, Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading nationwide, threatening legal action against traders and related businesses. Over 20 crypto shops in Herat have been closed, and at least 13 traders have reportedly been arrested. Monthly crypt

According to New York Division of Consumer Protection, on Aug. 26 the agency warned of surging investment scams after 144,041 consumers reported losing more than $8 billion in 2025, a 38% increase from 2024, with a median individual loss of $10,560. Investment fraud became the costliest category

According to IT House, INTERPOL's Operation Jackal IV, spanning November 2025 to June 2026, arrested 58 individuals across 22 countries in a global crackdown on romance scams, cryptocurrency and investment fraud, email scams, and money laundering. The operation identified 263 additional

According to Decrypt, UK police seized 20.21 Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency and bank funds totaling $1.4 million on August 29. Investigators traced the assets to a dark web marketplace that operated between 2016 and 2019 before being shut down by law enforcement. The now-closed site was

According to New York's Division of Consumer Protection, on Aug. 26, 144,041 consumers reported losing more than $8 billion to investment scams in 2025, a 38% increase from 2024, with a median loss of $10,560. The Federal Trade Commission confirmed the 2025 total at $7.9 billion. Investment

According to ChainCatcher, New York state officials warned that AI-generated content and fraudulent crypto projects are making investment scams increasingly deceptive. Investment fraud losses exceeded $8 billion in 2026, representing a 38% increase from 2024, with 144,041 consumers reporting losses

According to Reuters, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Kalshi lacks authority to block Nevada's regulation of its sports event prediction market. Judge Ryan Nelson stated that Kalshi's contracts display the typical characteristics of sports betting, which constitutes a

According to Bitcoin.com News, on Friday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for a re-vote on the Crypto-Asset Market Act during a council of ministers meeting, citing the need for clear regulations following the Zondacrypto scandal. The failed cryptocurrency exchange has evolved into one of t

According to PANews, Solana banking platform Avici disclosed a smart contract vulnerability affecting card balance deposits on August 29. The flaw impacted 1,685 users, with approximately $500,859 in card balances compromised. User-held Solana and EVM wallets remained unaffected. Avici stated all co

On Friday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for a re-vote on the vetoed Crypto-Asset Market Act during a council of ministers meeting, citing the $94 million Zondacrypto bankruptcy scandal. Tusk accused politicians of receiving bribes from the failed exchange and emphasized the need for