Enforcement Actions

According to CoinDesk, Senator Richard Blumenthal, a senior Democrat on the Senate investigation team, has sent a letter to Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Brandon Lutnick requesting information about the financial relationship between the stablecoin issuer Tether and the financial services company. Cantor F

Coinbase Financial Markets has agreed with the Michigan Gaming Control Board to stop offering new sports-related event contracts to Michigan customers by midnight Eastern Time on October 10, with all remaining open positions required to close by the same deadline. The agreement stems from a

According to Michigan Gaming Control Board, Coinbase Financial Markets has agreed to stop offering new sports-related event contracts to Michigan residents by midnight Eastern Time on October 10. All remaining open customer positions must also be closed by the same deadline. Michigan has agreed

Netflix released a trailer Thursday for an eight-episode series about the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, centered on former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, who headed sister company Alameda Research. The series, set for release on Nov. 19, stars Anthony Boyle as Bankman-Fried a

According to ChainCatcher, Netflix is releasing an eight-episode series on November 19 about the FTX collapse, centering on former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Alameda Research head Caroline Ellison. Anthony Boyle portrays Bankman-Fried, and Julia Garner plays Ellison.

According to ChainCatcher and Bitcoin News, on September 25, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the conviction of Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov. Federal prosecutors cited the ruling to support prosecuting Tornado Cash defendant Roman Storm in New York,

According to The Block, the UK sanctioned Cryptomus, Heleket, and TokenSpot in its latest action against Russia-linked entities allegedly evading sanctions. According to TRM Labs, TokenSpot transferred over $950 million to sanctioned exchanges Grinex and Garantex, as well as to the Kremlin-backed A7

Pseudonymous GTA VI leaker Cyberleek returned this week and today shared 25 minutes of gameplay footage showing protagonist Jason and partner Lucia in various states of undress while continuing to promote their crypto token $CYBERLEEK. The leaker first published GTA VI footage on August 18 to

According to ChainCatcher, the UK imposed sanctions on Cryptomus, Heleket, and TokenSpot on October 8 in action against entities allegedly evading sanctions. TokenSpot transferred over $950 million to sanctioned exchanges Grinex and Garantex, as well as the Kremlin-backed A7

Revolut will cover the cost of replacing identity documents for customers affected by a data exposure that sent information belonging to 680 clients to hackers posing as Italian authorities. Béatrice Cossa-Dumurgier, Revolut's CEO for Western Europe, said the company has been assisting affected cust

According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jonathan Spalletta was convicted on October 7 of computer fraud and money laundering over two 2021 hacks of decentralized exchange Uranium Finance that stole over $50 million. The 36-year-old from Rockville, Maryland faces up to 1

South Korea's Financial Services Commission will examine whether financial institutions were involved in the KOK Coin scandal, which caused about $1.88 billion in losses. FSC Chairman Kim Byoung-hwan made the remarks during a parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's Political Affairs

According to The Block, on Oct 8, Kishu Inu founder Alexander Sisemore was charged with three counts of wire fraud related to a $9 million rug pull scheme. Prosecutors allege that Sisemore made false representations to investors while secretly dumping tokens that were allocated to him at the

South Korean lawmaker Min Byung-deok criticized the exclusion of Lucent Block from tokenized securities exchange licensing during the National Assembly Political Affairs Committee's parliamentary audit on Oct. 8. Min stated that Lucent Block operated for four years in South Korea's financial

Kyrgyzstan has officially shut down USDKG, a state-backed gold stablecoin project valued at $50 million, and ordered the liquidation of its issuer EVA and the country's first state-owned crypto exchange Coin Nomad. The closure follows UK sanctions imposed on EVA in May 2026, which alleged the

According to WuBlockchain, Kyrgyzstan has ordered the liquidation of EVA, the issuer of its state-backed USDKG stablecoin worth $50 million, and has also shut down Coin Nomad, the country's first state-owned crypto exchange. The closure follows UK sanctions imposed on EVA in May 2026 over alleged su

According to CFTC Chair Mike Selig speaking on Fox Business Network on October 7, new cryptocurrency regulations will prevent another FTX-style collapse by allowing exchanges to register with the regulator and ensuring strict fund segregation. Selig noted that four years ago Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX

According to Moving Payment News, Hong Kong's acting secretary for financial services and the treasury, Edison Chan, stated that the city will take appropriate enforcement action under the relevant statutory regulatory framework against payment platforms that operate as fintech companies without

According to The Business Times, a Singapore court froze approximately SGD 53 million in assets belonging to Hong Qi Yu, the former CEO and founder of now-defunct crypto exchange Tokenize Xchange, and his ex-wife Erin Koo on September 28. The frozen amount represents the total damages claimed

According to ChainCatcher, Coinbase has filed a brief with the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals seeking confirmation that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) holds exclusive regulatory authority over prediction markets. Coinbase legal team member Molly Abraham stated that the core di