Enforcement Actions

Judge Jennifer Rochon dismissed Burwick Law's lawsuit against Hayden Davis and other defendants with prejudice on Tuesday, denying plaintiffs Omar Hurlock and Anuj Mehta leave to file a second amended complaint. The judge granted three motions filed by defendants including Davis, Kelsier Labs,

Chainalysis defeated most claims in a lawsuit brought by Celsius Network's litigation administrator, but U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett ruled on Sept. 29 that one central allegation survives: that the blockchain analytics company helped Celsius insiders promote a misleading $3.3 billion

According to a federal judge's ruling on Sept. 29, Chainalysis defeated most of a lawsuit brought by Celsius Network's litigation administrator, with 12 claims dismissed with prejudice. However, U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett allowed one central claim to proceed: that Chainalysis knowingly

According to Paidun, the NEAR Intents attacker moved stolen funds to KuCoin and bridged them to BTC on October 1. The attacker's address has interacted with an address (0x098B7...E2f96) labeled as North Korea's Lazarus

According to Odaily, a U.S. federal judge in the Eastern District of New York dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Magic Eden operator Euclid Labs and co-founder Zhuoxun Yin. The court ruled that wallet terms include a valid arbitration clause, depriving the federal court of jurisdiction under t

India received $88.4 billion in centralized crypto exchange inflows between July 2025 and June 2026, according to a Chainalysis regional analysis published this week. The figure positions India ahead of Singapore's $82.3 billion and Australia's $79.3 billion during the same period, even as the

The United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added seven TRON blockchain addresses to its Specially Designated Nationals list after tracing approximately $6.1 million in inflows to an alleged ATM jackpotting operation run by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The

According to the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), seven TRON blockchain addresses were added to its Specially Designated Nationals list today, following a probe that traced approximately $6.1 million in inflows to an alleged ATM jackpotting operation run by

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered a default judgment against Brian Early and Alisha Ann Kingrey, ordering the two Fundsz promoters to pay more than $31 million in restitution and civil penalties. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said the pair helped mislead i

According to the CFTC, a U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has ordered two Fundsz promoters, Brian Early and Alisha Ann Kingrey, to pay $31.48 million in restitution and civil penalties for defrauding more than 14,000

According to the San Jose Police Department (SJPD), two suspects from Dallas, Texas—Damian Vielma, 20, and Jeremiah Clybourn, 19—were arrested on September 24 for attempted armed robbery while impersonating delivery personnel. On September 5, the pair targeted a residence in southern San Jose,

A New York federal court dismissed a lawsuit against LIBRA token and associated parties MeteoraAG and Ben Chow. The court rejected allegations of RICO racketeering and fraud. The ruling also prevented attempts to expand the case to include other tokens such as $MELANIA. LIBRA operates within the

US District Judge Margaret Garnett denied Chainalysis' bid to dismiss an aiding-and-abetting claim in a ruling issued Tuesday, allowing one lawsuit claim brought by Celsius Network's litigation administrator to proceed. The surviving claim alleges Chainalysis helped Celsius insiders breach their

A US federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most claims against Chainalysis by Celsius Network's litigation administrator, but allowed an aiding-and-abetting claim to proceed. US District Judge Margaret Garnett found that Chainalysis sufficiently knew a 2020 Celsius press release contained false

According to Law360, trial began on October 1 at Manhattan federal court in a cryptocurrency theft case involving Uranium Finance. Prosecutors charge Maryland cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta with exploiting the protocol's smart contract vulnerability in 2021. The indictment alleges his s

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippine Central Bank, has partially suspended inbound bank transfers to Coins.ph, one of the country's leading cryptocurrency platforms. According to commentator @WuBlockchain, the restrictions specifically target InstaPay and PESONet transfers to

According to Financial Times, ESMA and national regulators in France, Germany, and Greece are questioning how Binance continues to serve EU customers months after failing to secure a MiCA license. The exchange was required to wind down its EU operations from July 1, 2026, but regulators have

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon dismissed a class action lawsuit against LIBRA and M3M3 tokens with prejudice, barring plaintiffs from refiling the same claims. The judge ruled that plaintiffs' reliance on six months of meme coin issuance activity was insufficient to s

According to the National Assembly Policy Committee, on October 1, South Korea's parliament excluded cryptocurrency exchange representatives from a list of witnesses in its legislative oversight hearing, despite major incidents in the sector. The committee adopted 18 general witnesses and 2

According to ChainCatcher, the Philippine central bank has implemented a partial suspension on DCPay Philippines, the e-money operator behind crypto exchange Coins.ph, prohibiting it from receiving external transfers via InstaPay and PESONet. The restriction targets DCPay's peso payment and