Enforcement Actions

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

According to Trezor, on September 9, attackers used a compromised third-party email provider to send a phishing email posing as a critical security alert. The fraudulent message, titled "Critical Security Alert: STM32 Entropy Vulnerability," falsely claimed a hardware flaw in the STM32

Iran is easing currency controls, allowing businesses to use cryptocurrencies – especially Tether and Bitcoin – to move overseas earnings and facilitate trade, according to a Financial Times report. The policy shift comes as US sanctions block Iranian ports and squeeze the country's economy,

On Wednesday, US authorities restrained more than $52 million in crypto linked to Xinbi Guarantee and its vendor network. The Justice Department's Scam Center Strike Force seized two wallets containing approximately $12 million in vendor payments and sought restraints against 47 additional wallets b

U.S. law enforcement arrested brothers Vladislav and Stanislav Chernyshov on suspicion of selling drugs for bitcoin through darknet marketplaces. Thirty-five-year-old Vladislav Chernyshov is a U.S. citizen, while 30-year-old Stanislav Chernyshov remains a Russian citizen. Both were arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, where Stanislav was residing illegally, according to documents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Drug trafficking scheme According to investigator

According to The Block, the Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday, supporting the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and urging the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by CME Group in June. The brief,

According to The Block, the Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation filed a motion for preliminary injunction on September 9 in Illinois Sangamon County Circuit Court, seeking to halt the state's new 0.2% digital asset transaction tax before it takes effect. Illinois Governor J.B.

The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) and the Blockchain Association (BA) filed a motion for a preliminary injunction with the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Illinois, on September 10, asking the court to halt the tax before it takes effect on January 1, 2027. CCI CEO Ji Hun Kim said companies are being forced to spend millions of dollars building systems for a tax that violates their constitutional rights, even though they have received no clear guidance on what will be taxed or when and a

According to Bitrace's 2026 Crypto Crime Report via ChainCatcher, high-risk blockchain addresses collected $502.1 billion in illicit funds during 2025. Online gambling accounted for $145.3 billion, money laundering $69.8 billion (including $60.2 billion in USDT on Tron), and black market

According to The Block, citing the U.S. Department of Justice, Adam Iza, a California man, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a kidnapping conspiracy in August 2024. Iza orchestrated and financed an abduction targeting the parents of an individual involved in a

Tether froze approximately $39.3 million USDT across ten TRON addresses linked to Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-based escrow platform, according to blockchain analytics firm MistTrack. The freeze targets illicit

According to MistTrack, Tether froze approximately $39.3 million USDT across ten TRON addresses linked to Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-based escrow platform. The freeze reflects Tether's ongoing efforts to combat illicit activities in the cryptocurrency market, as regulatory scrutiny on stablecoin pl

Hardware wallet maker Trezor warned users Wednesday that hackers breached its third-party email provider and used it to distribute phishing emails disguised as critical security warnings. The company issued a statement after 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time alerting users that emails titled 'Critical

Chainalysis has uncovered that DPRK-linked threat actors laundered tens of millions in stolen cryptocurrency through the Xinbi marketplace. The blockchain analytics firm revealed that Xinbi processed an estimated $24 billion in criminal transactions, prompting significant enforcement action. U.S.

According to Chainalysis, DPRK-linked threat actors have laundered tens of millions in stolen cryptocurrency through the Xinbi marketplace, which the U.S. Treasury recently sanctioned for processing an estimated $24 billion in criminal transactions. The actors used specialized vendors known as

According to its official statement, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an expansion of its Scam Center Strike Force effective immediately, aimed at dismantling global scam networks. The initiative involves collaboration with the Secret Service and FBI to enhance law enforcement's ability to c

According to the Solana Foundation, Coldcard wallets suffered a $116 million breach this summer after attackers exploited guessable seed phrases, revealing significant security vulnerabilities in wallet design. The Foundation's Chief Information Security Officer Michael Coates discussed the security

Iran's central bank has in recent months eased its strict foreign currency controls, encouraging businesses to bring funds back into the country through crypto exchanges that handle Tether's USDT and Bitcoin (BTC), the Financial Times reported on Sep. 8, citing regime insiders, business

The U.S. Secret Service froze $52.8 million in USDT held across 52 wallets linked to Xinbi Guarantee on September 8, working with blockchain analytics firm Elliptic to target the Chinese-language Telegram marketplace that facilitates global scams. On the same day, the Treasury's Office of Foreign