Enforcement Actions

According to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, on Thursday, the US planned to seize $1 billion in cryptocurrency linked to Iran this week as part of sanctions enforcement. Speaking at the Newsmax Policy

According to Coin Center, on October 9, 2026, the IRS alleged a Bitcoin user owes income taxes on assets generated from Bitcoin forks. The user was unaware of these forked assets until an IRS audit brought them to light, highlighting the complexities surrounding cryptocurrency taxation and

According to New York Attorney General Letitia James, former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky was permanently barred from the cryptocurrency, securities and commodities industries on Friday under a settlement that includes up to $35 million in conditional payments. The agreement resolves a 2023 civil

This week, Sen. Richard Blumenthal sent Cantor Fitzgerald a 13-item information request on its Tether business arrangement, with responses due Oct. 23. According to the letter dated Thursday, Cantor's 5% stake in Tether rose from $600 million to an estimated $10 billion since President Trump

Binance processed approximately $850 million in transactions tied to a network suspected of evading US sanctions on Iran, according to a report published on October 10. Cointelegraph's investigation linked the transactions to a network allegedly used to bypass sanctions and move funds connected to I

Tether blacklisted four THORChain vault addresses on TRON, freezing approximately 1.45 million USDT. The freeze lasted about three hours before Tether reversed the blacklist and restored services. THORChain co-founder Chad Barraford stated no prior notice was given about the freeze. The incident

U.S. authorities intensified enforcement against Iranian cryptocurrency networks through multiple actions between June and October, but reports of a new $1 billion digital-asset seizure misrepresent a figure Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent disclosed on May 29. Bessent stated that U.S. authorities h

According to FinanceFeeds reporting on the enforcement campaign, U.S. authorities on September 14 filed a civil forfeiture complaint against approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency allegedly connected to black-market Iranian oil sales. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan identified Chinese

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. is preparing to seize approximately $1 billion in cryptocurrency associated with Iran, speaking at the NPolicy Summit in Washington. The action aims to enhance economic pressures on Iran and reinforce ongoing U.S. sanctions. This follows a pre

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday that former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky has been permanently barred from the securities, commodities and crypto industries, with a settlement securing up to $35 million. The action stems from Mashinsky's role in defrauding hundreds of t

According to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaking at the Policy Summit in Washington, the U.S. Treasury plans to seize approximately $1 billion in cryptocurrency associated with Iran this week. Bessent confirmed that U.S. authorities have identified the locations of the targeted crypto assets a

According to Financial Times, DWF Maas and Falcon Digital, two firms tied to market maker DWF Labs, sued BitGo for $141 million in London's High Court on Friday (October 8), alleging the custodian breached a private over-the-counter deal by selling locked-up tokens early. BitGo had received the Fal

According to New York Attorney General Letitia James' office announcement on October 9, the state has permanently barred former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky from the securities, commodities and crypto industries and secured up to $35

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated on October 10 that tokenized stocks would bring 'radical change' to financial markets. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published that day, Cuomo said the tokenization of U.S. stocks could become a turning point, noting that 24-hour, seven-day

According to The New York Post, on Wednesday, the U.S. House Committee on Strategic Competition with China released a 23-page report stating that Webull, a brokerage offering crypto trading services, has ownership structures, technical teams, infrastructure, and data transmission links to China,

Senator Richard Blumenthal sent a letter Thursday to Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman Brandon Lutnick requesting records on the investment bank's financial relationship with Tether, with responses due by October 23. The ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is seeking

According to Senator Richard Blumenthal, Cantor Fitzgerald received a Senate inquiry this week regarding its financial relationship with Tether. The ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations requested disclosure of the investment bank's annual revenue from Tether,

Netflix released the first trailer for 'The Altruists', an eight-episode drama about the FTX collapse that centers on former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Alameda Research chief Caroline Ellison. The limited series will premiere on November 19, with Anthony Boyle playing Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner p

According to Foresight News, Celsius co-founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky has reached a settlement with New York State Attorney General Letitia James, agreeing to a permanent ban from the securities, commodities, and cryptocurrency industries and facing up to $35 million in penalties. Under the

According to official French data, France recorded 90 cryptocurrency-related kidnappings, extortions, threats and violent theft cases from January 1 to mid-August 2026, averaging one incident every 2.5 days. Police made 223 arrests, with 126 people imprisoned from January to July. Blockchain