Enforcement Actions

Seoul Administrative Court Division 2, led by Chief Judge Gong Hyun-jin, ruled on the 1st that CP Labs, operator of the CP Dax crypto exchange, remains a virtual asset business operator under South Korea's Special

According to Roman Storm, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York submitted supplemental documentation on October 5 to establish jurisdiction over the Tornado Cash case. The prosecution cited the Sterlingov precedent from the D.C. Circuit Court to argue that mixer-related

Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss says the United States is moving toward clear rules for cryptocurrency, arguing that years of regulatory uncertainty are giving way to a more defined framework for digital assets. Winklevoss made the comments as Washington works through congressional legislation

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig recently named Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, Tezos and XRP as digital commodities, providing explicit guidance on the agency's regulatory classification of major blockchain assets. The inclusion of XRP and Solana carries particular s

Better Markets, a nonprofit financial reform advocacy group, criticized the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposed framework for retail crypto transactions on Monday, arguing the derivatives regulator lacks the investor protection mandate necessary to oversee such markets. Benjamin

According to Odaily and Bitcoin.com News, Polymarket has filed a lawsuit with a Dutch court challenging a ban on its prediction market services imposed by the Dutch gambling regulator (KSA). The platform argues that its event contracts are derivatives and should fall under the Dutch Financial

According to ChainCatcher, the U.S. Treasury Department recently acknowledged in a document that its previous rules targeting cryptocurrency mixers contain problems and may have a chilling effect on lawful activities. However, the U.S. Department of Justice continues to argue in Roman Storm's case t

Stablecoin payments infrastructure provider Rain filed an application on Monday with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish Rain National Trust Bank, a national trust bank to be headquartered in New York. The proposed bank would provide fiduciary custody of digital assets a

Nam Gil-nam, a senior research fellow at the Korea Capital Market Institute, called for regulatory measures to protect domestic investors as perpetual futures products tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks expand on overseas cryptocurrency exchanges. In a report titled 'Perpetual

A Chinese organized crime syndicate laundered more than $1 billion in stolen cryptocurrency for North Korea's Lazarus Group, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT. In an Oct. 5 thread on X, ZachXBT said he infiltrated the money laundering network in February 2025 by posing as a paying

According to blockchain investigator ZachXBT on Oct. 5, a Chinese organized crime syndicate laundered more than $1 billion stolen in crypto exploits for North Korea's Lazarus Group. ZachXBT infiltrated the network in February 2025 by posing as a client, depositing $349,700 in stablecoins to build tr

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a no-action letter addressing the conversion of existing perpetual-style broad-based security index futures into true perpetual futures. The regulatory action provides compliance clarity for designated contract markets (DCMs). The CFTC

The Ethereum developer community withdrew EIP-8363 from consideration for the upcoming Hegota upgrade following objections that the issuance reduction proposal required broader consensus beyond the standard Ethereum Improvement Proposal process. The proposal aimed to decrease validator rewards as st

According to CFTC Chair Michael Selig, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a pre-proposed rule notice for CTX and CAM regulations requiring leveraged, margined, or financed crypto trading offered to retail clients to route through futures commission merchants (FCMs). FCMs must m

Brazil moved its crypto banking cut-off from 30 October to 6 November via Resolution BCB 589, published 25 September. The Banco Central do Brasil made the change to prepare an official list of firms in transition under the new licensing regime, according to the central bank's explanatory

According to data provided by South Korean lawmaker Park Dae-chul and reported by Yonhapnews, South Korea's five major crypto exchanges failed to meet the mandatory 3.10% disability employment rate over the past five years (2021-2025), resulting in a combined 1.35 billion won in fines. Dunamu,

The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) on Monday defended the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC's) approval of national trust charters for several crypto companies, calling a lawsuit filed by the Independent Community Bankers of America

The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) backed the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC's) approval of crypto company charters on Monday, as an industry group lawsuit challenged the move. CCI CEO Ji Hun Kim called the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) lawsuit—filed Friday i

According to ZachXBT, on October 5 the crypto sleuth claimed he infiltrated a Chinese organized crime syndicate responsible for laundering over $1 billion in stolen crypto for North Korean hacker group Lazarus. Posing as a money laundering client under the alias of a contact named "Jimmy Green," Zac

On October 5, 2026, the CFTC announced a proactive rules-based regulatory framework for digital assets, aimed at replacing fragmented state regulations. The Digital Chamber welcomed the development, which seeks to streamline compliance and reduce enforcement chaos in the U.S. crypto market. The