Enforcement Actions

Aqua1 Foundation bought $100 million in WLFI governance tokens on June 26, the largest single publicly disclosed purchase of the token to date, according to a New York Times report. The purchase traces back to Guren "Bobby" Zhou, a Chinese businessman currently under active investigation by UK law e

According to Odaily, Aqua1 Foundation acquired $100 million in World Liberty Financial (WLFI) governance tokens on June 26, marking the largest public disclosed purchase of the token to date. The funds were traced to Chinese businessman Guren "Bobby" Zhou, with up to $75 million flowing to

According to ChainCatcher, blockchain investigator ZachXBT disclosed that threat actor "Tiffany" is suspected of stealing crypto assets and gambling with victim funds on crypto casinos. ZachXBT has gathered chat logs, recordings, and on-chain evidence. Crypto gambling platform Shuffle has frozen

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) suspended crypto ATM operator Cryptolink's registration for 3 months starting Sunday, August 9, forcing its 96 cryptocurrency ATMs across Australia offline. AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas cited the company's failure to meet basic

According to AUSTRAC, the regulator suspended Cryptolink's registration for 3 months on Sunday, August 9, forcing the company's 96 cryptocurrency ATMs offline. The suspension followed the operator's failure to submit required anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing reports,

AnchorWatch CEO Rob Hamilton, involved with the volunteer Bitcoin Red Team initiative, said on X that his access to OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber capabilities was restricted, forcing him to return to Chinese open-source AI models for Bitcoin security research. Hamilton described the

According to a report released Monday by South Korean cybersecurity firm Genians, North Korean hacker group Kimsuky has built and deployed three local large language model (LLM) environments using Ollama, GPT4All, and Msty to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks against cryptocurrency and financial co

Guren 'Bobby' Zhou, the businessman behind a US$100 million purchase of World Liberty Financial (WLFI) tokens, was arrested in Britain in 2021 on suspicion of money laundering but has never been charged. A court record filed last November alleges Zhou participated with five others in a money-launder

The $100 million World Liberty Financial (WLFI) token purchase attributed to Guren "Bobby" Zhou and linked to the Aqua 1 wallet has drawn scrutiny following revelations that Zhou was arrested in Britain in 2021 on suspicion of money laundering, though never charged. According to court records

A cross-border crypto laundering technique called Hwanchigi has accounted for $6.4 billion of the $7.1 billion in illegal cryptocurrency transactions recorded in South Korea since 2021, according to a Crystal Intelligence report covering activity through August 2025. The method exploits cryptocurren

According to National Police Agency figures, money laundering cases involving virtual assets hit 1,214 in the first half of 2026, a 152-fold surge from just eight cases in 2025. Despite the spike in detected cases, enforcement efforts have failed to keep pace. Police made only 18 arrests for

According to Foresight News, prediction market platform Kalshi filed a supplemental brief with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 7 in response to a Washington state court ruling. Kalshi argued that the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) takes precedence over Washington state gambling

According to Rob Hamilton on Tuesday (August 5), the Bitcoin Red Team founder said OpenAI restricted his access to Trust & Cyber capabilities after he began integrating them into his security research on Saturday, forcing him to switch to Chinese open-source AI models. Hamilton stated he had begun s

AUSTRAC suspended Cryptolink's Virtual Asset Service Provider registration for three months starting Sunday, halting operations of the company's 96 Bitcoin ATMs across Australia. AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas announced the action Monday, citing the company's failure to meet threshold transaction

According to AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas, Cryptolink's Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration was suspended for three months starting Sunday, following the company's failures to meet anti-money laundering reporting obligations, particularly threshold transaction reports. AUSTRAC stated th

According to The New York Times, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto project associated with the Trump family, received a $100 million WLFI governance token purchase from businessman Guren "Bobby" Zhou through Aqua 1. Zhou was arrested in the UK in 2021 on suspicion of money laundering and re