Enforcement Actions

The European Union and eight countries signed an Additional Protocol to the 2005 Warsaw Convention on October 14, 2026, expanding authorities' powers to trace, freeze, seize, and confiscate assets linked to criminal activity including cryptocurrencies. The agreement was signed in Strasbourg during t

On October 14, 2026, the European Union and eight countries—Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and the United Kingdom—signed an international treaty in Strasbourg designed to strengthen authorities' ability to trace, freeze, seize and confiscate assets linked to

Lee Chan-jin, governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, pledged to verify cooperation between blockchain company Vitoz and domestic financial institutions during an Oct. 19 parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee in Seoul. Democratic Party lawmaker

According to the Financial Supervisory Service of Korea, the regulator will conduct fast-track investigations into unfair trading linked to virtual asset issuance foundations to address market order violations. The initiative, unveiled in a National Assembly budget committee report, is part of a

Crypto.com’s North American Derivatives Exchange and Novig separately sued the State of Missouri on Friday, Oct. 17, in the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri, respectively, arguing that the Commodity Exchange Act grants the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over their Event Contracts, preempting the application of Missouri’s gambling laws. Missouri Secretary of State Hanaway: Six Cease-and-Desist Orders Require License Applications or Service Shutdown Within 30 Day

Early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver, known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court in Los Angeles on October 14. Under the agreement, he will pay up to $49.9 million to settle criminal charges of mail fraud and tax evasion. If Ver complies with the terms of the agreement, the indictment will be dismissed one month later. The $49.9 million covers taxes, civil penalties, and interest. U.S. Department of Justice Announces Deferr

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on October 19 during a National Assembly Policy Committee audit report that it will rapidly initiate investigations into high-risk areas that significantly undermine market order, including unfair trading linked to virtual asset issuance

According to South Korea's Financial Services Commission announcement on October 14, Streami (operator of Gopax exchange) was among 16 financial firms affected by recent hacking incidents, with approximately 100,000 data-leak cases identified across the group. The 100,000 figure represents the

According to BitPinas, Philippine cryptocurrency exchange Coinsph responded to earlier CoinDesk reports about potential license revocation by clarifying that its subsidiary Betur Inc.'s Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license and DCPay Philippines' Electronic Money Issuer (EMI) license

According to BlockBeats, on October 18, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a deferred prosecution agreement with Roger Ver, widely known as "Bitcoin Jesus." The charges of fraud and tax evasion will be dismissed in exchange for Ver paying up to $49.9 million in penalties. Ver renounced his U.

According to Thai immigration police, authorities arrested a 37-year-old Chinese national identified as Mr. Wu on October 16 in Bangkok's Saphan Sung district over alleged involvement in a transnational money-laundering operation that processed over 500 million yuan ($75 million) through 133 bank