Enforcement Actions

According to The Block, CME CEO Terrence Duffy alleged at a CFTC advisory committee meeting that manipulation risk exists in prediction market contracts, stating "some people are indeed manipulating these contracts, which is extremely harmful to the industry." CFTC Chair Michael Selig immediately co

According to Blockworks research, Hyperliquid is pursuing U.S. market compliance through regulatory advocacy and technical modifications. The report highlights Hyperliquid's modular architecture—where HyperCore handles trading and settlement, Deployer manages market creation, and Builder enables

According to Decrypt, on August 21, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 17 Iranian hackers affiliated with the Mabna Institute for a years-long cyber campaign, including a 2017 breach of HBO where they stole data and demanded $6 million in Bitcoin ransom. The group is accused of conducting

According to blockchain analyst Specter, a user claiming to have lost over 1,000 ETH in a Tornado Cash phishing scam may actually be a threat actor. Specter found that the alleged 73 BTC ($4.6 million) the user claimed was stolen from a compromised Coldcard hardware wallet actually originated from t

A California federal judge ruled that Justin Sun's individual claims against World Liberty Financial will remain in open court rather than moving to private arbitration. World Liberty had sought to move company-related claims behind closed doors, but the court partially rejected that request,

CME Group Chairman Terry Duffy and Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara clashed during a Commodity Futures Trading Commission roundtable Thursday in Washington, D.C., trading insults over market manipulation and regulatory standards in prediction markets. The confrontation occurred as executives

According to CFTC Chair Michael S. Selig speaking Thursday at the agency's Innovation Advisory Committee meeting, the regulator has directed staff to begin developing crypto market structure rules using existing authority. If the Clarity Act remains stalled in Congress, Selig said the CFTC will

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged 17 alleged members of the Iran-based Mabna Institute in a years-long hacking campaign. The charges include the 2017 HBO breach and an attempt to extort the company for roughly $6 million in Bitcoin. The Justice Department said the defendants carried out hacks for

According to the U.S. Justice Department, prosecutors charged 17 alleged members of Iran-based Mabna Institute on Tuesday for a years-long cyber campaign that included the 2017 HBO breach and an attempted $6 million Bitcoin extortion. Six defendants were directly involved in the HBO hack. The

A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted between Aug. 14-17 found that 63% of 1,166 Americans surveyed said it was not appropriate for US President Donald Trump and his family to earn money from cryptocurrency investments while in office. The poll revealed sharp partisan divides, with 92% of Democrats

According to ASIC, the regulator removed 3,106 fake cryptocurrency platforms and 19,400 total online scams in the 2025-26 financial year, announced on August 17. Crypto takedowns surged nearly 30% from the prior year, while total scam removals jumped 182%. Criminal syndicates are deploying

According to Bloomberg, on Thursday August 20, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said that the crypto industry will ultimately receive market structure regulatory rules regardless of whether Congress passes the landmark Clarity Act. Selig stated that market structure can be established either through regula

According to UHY Hacker Young, HMRC sent approximately 81,000 warning letters to UK cryptocurrency investors in the tax year ended April 5, 2026, representing a 25 percent increase from 64,982 letters in the prior year and nearly triple the 27,700 sent in 2023-2024. The letters are compliance

According to Wu Blockchain, a cryptocurrency user lost 1,010 ETH within 12 hours after clicking an old bookmarked link to Tornado Cash that had been compromised by attackers. The attackers registered the expired official domain tornado.cash following Tornado Cash's failure to renew it during OFAC

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas, a federal jury convicted Ferrum Capital owners Joshua Allen and Michael Cox on all four counts on August 18 following a weeklong trial in San Antonio. Each defendant faces a statutory maximum of 70 years in prison. The

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) removed 3,106 fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platforms during FY26, marking a near-30% increase from the previous financial year, the regulator announced Aug. 17. The surge is driven by criminals deploying generative AI, deepfake

According to ASIC's Aug 17 fiscal year 2026 release, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission removed 3,106 fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platforms during FY26, a near-30% increase from FY25. Total online scam takedowns surged 182% to more than 19,400 across the year,

Polymarket, an overseas prediction market platform, had its access blocked in South Korea as of the 20th (Korean time), two days after the Korea Communications Standards Commission (방송미디어통신심의위원회) voted to block the site on the 18th (Korean time). The regulator determined Polymarket constitutes

According to South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSC), the regulator launched an AI-powered market surveillance system on August 20 to detect unfair trading in digital assets in real-time. The system combines generative AI and machine learning algorithms to identify suspicious