Enforcement Actions

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted on X on Oct. 20, refuting the report “Entangled with Terrorism” from Democratic staff members of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The report examined 846 crypto wallets linked to Iran and its proxies and found that 84% used almost exclusively USDT. Ardoino explained, however, that in 99% of cases, the wallets had been frozen before being flagged. Senate PSI report: 34 of 39 Hezbollah addresses not frozen until March 2024 According to a rep

Thai immigration police arrested a 37-year-old Chinese man surnamed Wu, who was wanted in China, at a luxury residence in Ramkhamhaeng, in Bangkok’s Saphan Sung district, on October 16, 2026. Police accused Wu of being involved in a transnational money-laundering network that processed more than 500 million Yuan (approximately $75 million) in transactions through over 133 bank accounts, and of allegedly providing cryptocurrency and foreign-exchange services to transnational criminal groups. Arre

According to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino's recent statement on X, Iran-related stablecoin trading volume on the platform has declined 94% following enforcement of U.S. sanctions. Ardoino responded to a report by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, highlighting Tether's proactive measures in freezing sanct

According to BlockBeats, on October 20, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed court documents arguing that CME lacks legal standing to challenge its perpetual futures policy, stating CME has failed to demonstrate imminent financial harm. The CFTC noted that CME's crypto futures

According to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino on October 20, Tether's compliance actions reduced Iran-related stablecoin transactions by 94% since 2023. Ardoino stated on X that Tether typically freezes addresses 4 weeks before the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Israel's

According to The Hacker News, President Trump granted Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, a full and unconditional pardon on January 21, 2025, after Ulbricht served more than eleven years in federal prison. The FBI arrested Ulbricht in October 2013 and seized

In October 2026, the Central Bank of Russia and commercial banks began actively countering an arbitrage scheme involving the purchase of USDT on crypto platforms in CIS countries, followed by its sale for cash rubles in Russia. According to RBC, the scheme became widespread in the market in 2026. The Central Bank sees a high risk that funds of undetermined origin are being laundered. How the arbitrage scheme works An individual transfers funds from a Russian bank to a Belarusian bank or deposits

Richard Heart, founder of HEX, PulseChain, and PulseX, was detained by Turkish police and the National Intelligence Organization in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district under a Finland-requested Interpol Red Notice issued in December 2024. The detention triggered sharp market declines: HEX fell

Turkish police detained Richard Heart (Richard James Schueler) in Istanbul today under a Finland-requested Interpol Red Notice linked to a suspected aggravated tax fraud investigation, according to reports. HEX fell nearly 60%, PulseX dropped 49%, and PulseChain's PLS token lost close to 36%

According to Shenzhen Public Security Bureau's Economic Crime Investigation Division, on October 19, the department warned against new fraud schemes packaged as 'RWA real estate tokenization' and 'blockchain notarization'. The agency emphasized that technical terminology does not guarantee

According to Avon and Somerset Police, three men were sentenced on October 15 for breaking into a Bristol home and assaulting the occupant in a failed attempt to steal cryptocurrency. Terroll Paul, 31, Mohamed Samagassi, 37, and Pierre Madzou, 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary. Paul was sent

The European Union and eight countries signed an Additional Protocol to the 2005 Warsaw Convention on October 14, 2026, expanding authorities' powers to trace, freeze, seize, and confiscate assets linked to criminal activity including cryptocurrencies. The agreement was signed in Strasbourg during t

On October 14, 2026, the European Union and eight countries—Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and the United Kingdom—signed an international treaty in Strasbourg designed to strengthen authorities' ability to trace, freeze, seize and confiscate assets linked to

Lee Chan-jin, governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, pledged to verify cooperation between blockchain company Vitoz and domestic financial institutions during an Oct. 19 parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee in Seoul. Democratic Party lawmaker