Enforcement Actions

According to the New York Post, Jesús Manuel Gonzalez Hernandez sued the prediction market platform Polymarket for $170,000, claiming the platform wrongly resolved a market against him over a Trump statement wager. Hernandez purchased 170,000 'yes' shares for $300 during Polymarket's 'What will Trum

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on August 9 that it has added Polar Tensor to its list of suspected cryptocurrency trading platforms, identifying 17 associated websites. The SFC cautioned that Polar Tensor and its related sites are not licensed to conduct regulated

According to ChainCatcher, Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) will conduct on-site and off-site reviews of authorized crypto asset service providers starting in the second half of 2026 through the first half of 2027, with focus on institutions offering digital asset custody

Three St. Louis men face up to 20 years in federal prison after a grand jury in New Haven charged them Aug. 4 with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery under the Hobbs Act. Sedric Louis, 32, John Davis, 34, and Martel Williams, 27, allegedly traveled to Connecticut between Aug. 21 and Au

According to ChainCatcher, citing the Connecticut federal prosecutor's office, three men from St. Louis—Sedric Louis, John Davis, and Martel Williams—were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery by surveilling a residence and forcing occupants to transfer cryptocurrency related to a

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Aug. 5 that Few and Far founder Taj Tarsha had been indicted on securities and wire fraud charges tied to more than $10 million raised from 67 investors for an NFT marketplace. Prosecutors allege Tarsha diverted investor funds to online gambling,

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Few and Far founder Taj Tarsha was indicted on Aug. 5 on securities and wire fraud charges tied to more than $10 million raised from 67 investors beginning in February 2022. Prosecutors allege Tarsha used investor funds for personal gambling,

According to Dongguan Public Security Bureau, on August 9, Dongguan Hengxi police successfully intercepted a cryptocurrency investment fraud case and blocked a 1.1 million yuan cash transfer just 5 minutes before the planned transaction. The victim, Ms. Li, was lured by an online scammer who

According to ChainCatcher, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has listed Polar Tensor as a suspicious virtual asset trading platform and identified 17 related websites. The SFC reminded the public that Polar Tensor and its associated websites are not licensed by the SFC to

According to Onchain Lens, Solana OG attacker-linked addresses transferred 2,290 ETH ($4.39 million) to Tornado Cash earlier this week. The transfer occurred nearly one month after the related $14.2 million attack on Solana. The same address cluster had previously used Tornado Cash two weeks

France introduced bill 921 on July 17 to implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), enabling automatic exchange of crypto user data with 48 countries. French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot presented the text in the Senate, seeking to enshrine the CARF

According to PANews, on August 8, BitMart founder Sheldon addressed concerns about user withdrawal difficulties following the platform's shutdown, stating the exchange will not flee and is conducting asset inventory and system maintenance. Sheldon dismissed rumors and unverified claims from

According to Pyreducer monitoring data, the Aztec Network Private Rollup Bridge attacker transferred 300 ETH (~$572,000) to Tornado Cash on August 8. The attacker has now cumulatively transferred 500 ETH to Tornado Cash since the June 2026 security breach that resulted in approximately $2.165

On August 8, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges, Shelbit and Aban Tether, for facilitating large-scale asset transfers to circumvent American sanctions and supporting Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). OFAC