Enforcement Actions

Paula and Stephen Darby, both 77, filed a lawsuit on Sept. 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Broad Street Global Management and related parties, alleging they were denied more than $1.4 million after choosing to redeem their investments for cash. The couple, a

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a risk monitoring report Thursday warning that growing links between crypto and traditional finance could increase the risk of shocks spreading across the

Offshore trust companies are rejecting crypto millionaires seeking to place digital-asset wealth in traditional estate structures, according to Financial Times reporting, as HMRC data published 27 August shows 240 UK taxpayers declared capital gains exceeding £1 million each from crypto in

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) flagged that Polymarket and Kalshi lack formal authorization required to sell contracts to EU users, according to its latest regulatory report. The regulator also questioned the platforms' effectiveness in enforcing geographic restrictions and

Political memecoin projects tied to President Donald Trump, Argentine President Javier Milei, and viral personality Hailey Welch launched between January and February 2025, generating combined investor losses exceeding $4 billion. The $TRUMP token launched on January 17, 2025, reached an all-time

According to Senate records, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal formally requested SEC investigation into the Trump memecoin in August 2026 after retail investors reported cumulative losses of $3.8

The Hyperliquid Policy Center filed an amicus brief on September 9 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia arguing that CME Group has no legal standing to challenge the CFTC's approval of onshore perpetual futures contracts. The brief was filed by Elizabeth Prelogar, the former U.S.

According to FinanceFeeds, on September 9, Hyperliquid Policy Center filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia arguing that CME Group has no legal standing to challenge the CFTC's approval of perpetual futures contracts. The brief, filed by Elizabeth Prelogar, the

According to BlockBeats, Senator Cynthia Lummis called today (September 10) for legal protections for stablecoin issuers and exchanges that freeze assets suspected of involvement in illegal activity. Her comments came after Tether faced a lawsuit over freezing $42.4 million in USDT. Lummis said

Malone Lam, a 22-year-old school dropout from Singapore, pleaded guilty on September 8, 2026 to a racketeering conspiracy charge tied to the theft and laundering of more than $245 million in digital assets. Lam admitted in US District Court in Washington, DC to participating in a RICO conspiracy tha

According to the US Department of Justice, Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singapore national based in Miami, pleaded guilty on September 8, 2026, to one count of RICO conspiracy related to the theft and laundering of over $245 million in digital assets. Lam led an international cybercrime ring that

TransparentBusiness Inc., operating as Unicoin, filed a lawsuit against Universal Navigation Inc., operating as Uniswap Labs, in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday. The complaint seeks declarations that its UNICOIN mark does not infringe or dilute Uniswap's claimed marks and requests

According to Cointelegraph, TransparentBusiness Inc., doing business as Unicoin, sued Universal Navigation Inc. (Uniswap Labs) on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Unicoin seeks declarations that its UNICOIN mark does not infringe or dilute Uniswap's UNI,

According to Bitrace, Guaranteed-Wealth Guarantee began clearing all money-laundering merchants from its platform yesterday following OFAC sanctions on Xinbi Guarantee. The clearout covers illegal operations commonly known as "card-to-stablecoin" and "cash services." Guaranteed-Wealth's wallet has r

According to CCTV Finance, on September 10, China's central bank and public security authorities dismantled a network of underground money houses using virtual currencies for money laundering. The criminal rings posed as credit card debt relief services to recruit agents across multiple provinces, d

According to CCTV Finance, criminal networks have been using virtual currency to launder money obtained from overseas gambling and telecom fraud. The schemes typically begin with offers of free credit card repayment to lure targets into providing card details and personal information. The groups

Tether froze approximately $39.3 million in USDT across 10 addresses on the TRON blockchain on September 8. Blockchain intelligence platform MistTrack identified the restrictions and attributed the addresses to Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language guarantee marketplace that investigators say has

According to blockchain intelligence platform MistTrack, on September 8, Tether froze approximately $39.3 million in USDT across 10 addresses on the TRON blockchain linked to Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language guarantee marketplace. At least one affected address held more than $10 million. The U.S

Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) filed an amicus brief with a Washington DC federal court on May 9 (local time) requesting dismissal of CME Group's lawsuit against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The lawsuit stems from CFTC's decision to allow regulated U.S. exchanges to list di