Enforcement Actions

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, federal law enforcement agencies and CrowdStrike successfully disrupted the long-running Sality botnet in a joint operation. The criminal group used malware to manipulate users' clipboard addresses, stealing approximately $150,000 in cryptocurrency from

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has seized over $560,000 in cryptocurrency previously destined to finance Hamas and has taken control of the domains and servers used by the organization for fundraising and recruitment. According to court filings, investigators used

According to TechTimes, on June 16, 2026, a federal court in the Eastern District of New York ordered six defendants to pay $5,518,902 for operating NanoBit, a fake cryptocurrency trading platform that defrauded 18 victims of approximately $967,000 between October 2023 and June 2024. The defendants

New Jersey's Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and gaming enforcement interim director Mary Jo Flaherty filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, September 2, seeking the court to resolve whether state authorities or federal agencies have jurisdiction over pre

Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz defended Tether's decision to freeze $42.4 million in USDT before receiving a formal court warrant, following a lawsuit filed on Aug. 31 by two Thai businessmen in the Southern District of New York. The businessmen alleged that Tether blacklisted 10 Ethereum

New Jersey filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the US Supreme Court on September 2, asking the Court to review a Third Circuit ruling in Flaherty v. KalshiEX, LLC that blocked the state's ability to enforce gambling laws against prediction market operator Kalshi. The Third Circuit ruled on

New Jersey filed a petition for Supreme Court review on September 2 challenging a Third Circuit ruling that strips the state of its ability to enforce gambling laws against prediction market operator Kalshi. The case, Flaherty v. KalshiEX, LLC, hinges on whether CFTC-designated contract markets oper

According to ChainCatcher, CrowdStrike and U.S. federal agencies recently dismantled a Russian-linked malware botnet called Sality that has been stealing cryptocurrency for over eight years. The malware, active since 2003, used a payload called EggJagger to monitor clipboard activity, replacing

Two Thai businessmen filed suit against Tether on August 31 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the company's authority to freeze 42,417,785.62 USDT across ten Ethereum addresses without a formal court order. According to the complaint, Tether blacklisted the

According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent on Sept. 2, digital asset-related entities could become targets of new sanctions as the U.S. communicates with parties supporting Iran. Bessent cautioned airlines, shipping companies, and digital asset providers that they may face sanctions, stating the U

The U.S. Justice Department has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency that authorities say was intended for Hamas, while also taking control of websites, domains and servers used to raise funds and recruit supporters. The operation, announced Sept. 1, marks another major U.S. effort to

The U.S. Justice Department and cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike announced Tuesday they disrupted Sality, a peer-to-peer botnet that has operated since 2003. For the past eight years, the botnet's primary function was deploying EggJagger, a clipjacking tool that replaced cryptocurrency wallet

According to CrowdStrike and the Justice Department, Sality, a peer-to-peer botnet operating since 2003, was dismantled on Tuesday (September 1) after eight years of stealing cryptocurrency through the EggJagger clipjacker tool. The malware monitored victims' clipboards and replaced cryptocurrency w

Two Thai businessmen filed a lawsuit against Tether on August 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over the freezing of approximately $42.4 million in USDT. Nutthawat Rukthammachalern and Natthawat Kasamvilas allege that Tether blacklisted 10 Ethereum addresses

According to a FinanceFeeds report, two Thai businessmen filed a lawsuit against Tether on August 31 over the freezing of approximately $42.4 million in USDT, alleging the stablecoin issuer blocked their tokens following an informal request from U.S. Homeland Security Investigations without a

Injective and Ontology both experienced block production halts around August 31 due to separate security incidents affecting the two Layer-1 networks, with an exploit on Injective estimated to have extracted approximately $4.9 million. Injective stopped producing blocks for roughly three hours and 4

According to News1, South Korea's Digital Asset Exchange Association (DAXA) recently identified four undeclared foreign virtual asset firms suspected of operating in the country and has requested police investigations. The entities include virtual asset exchanges Big One and

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced in an Aug. 30 Associated Press interview that the Treasury plans to sanction another bank this week as part of Operation Economic Outcast targeting Iran-linked financial networks. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule on Aug