Enforcement Actions

Chainalysis Government Solutions filed a post-award bid protest in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in late July challenging a $94.66 million sole-source contract awarded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs. The protest alleges ICE improperly bypassed co

According to MPost, on August 31, Chainalysis Government Solutions filed a post-award protest in U.S. Court of Federal Claims challenging a $94.66 million sole-source contract awarded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs. Chainalysis alleges ICE

According to CNBC, an arbitrator ruled in August that Gemini Space Station was not misleading users and bears no responsibility for its Earn lending program's collapse. The ruling came in response to a claim filed by an Earn user in late 2024. The arbitrator found insufficient evidence that Gemini m

Kalshi is under increased regulatory scrutiny now that the Ninth Circuit has denied its bid to stop Nevada from enforcing its sports contract regulations. The decision will bolster Nevada’s hand as it battles a contrary opinion from the Third Circuit. The legal tussle involving Kalshi against

The Central Bank of Russia has identified and blacklisted 2,600 cryptocurrency wallets linked to illegal financial activities and fraud, according to a report by Bits Media. The addresses associated with these wallets have been added to the system that financial institutions use to assess risks, and banks are required to immediately freeze or block transactions involving the flagged wallets. The total value of cryptocurrency transferred to these addresses is approximately 1 billion rubles (about

According to Foresight News, Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, was fined $172,000 and banned from trading for three years in a settlement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over insider trading allegations. Perez was accused of leveraging advance

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, agreed to pay $172,000 to settle insider-trading charges. Perez allegedly misappropriated confidential government information to trade "presidential mention market" contracts

According to the CFTC, on Friday, Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, was fined $172,000 for trading on advance knowledge of presidential speeches. Perez generated over $107,500 in profits between December 2025 and February 2026 by wagering on 'presidential mention market'

According to Real Trump Coins' official statement on Saturday, the entity denied launching, promoting, or authorizing the Trump Digital GOLD token that appeared across its online presence before collapsing. The company blamed the promotion on third-party bad actors and said it was working with autho

Real Trump Coins denied launching the Trump Digital GOLD token on Saturday after promotional content briefly appeared on its X account and website before collapsing. The company blamed the promotion on third-party bad actors and stated it was working with authorities to investigate. The denial

According to Real Trump Coins' official statement, on Saturday (Aug. 29), the organization denied authorizing, launching, or promoting the Solana-based GOLD token that was briefly promoted across its X account and RealTrumpCoins.com website before being deleted. The company said it was

According to The Energy Mag, Sweden's tax authority has contested input VAT deductions claimed by Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital's Swedish subsidiaries for cryptocurrency mining operations, with disputes extending from 2025 into 2026. HIVE's Bikupa Datacenter subsidiaries received decisions

According to Real Trump Coins' statement on Saturday, the platform denied launching, promoting, or authorizing the Solana-based GOLD token that briefly appeared across its online presence, attributing the promotion to third-party bad actors. The Real Trump Coins X account had promoted the token on S

According to Swedish Tax Agency decisions and company disclosures, Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital have faced proposed VAT assessments totaling €28 million and €20 million respectively in relation to cryptocurrency mining activities at their Swedish facilities. HIVE recorded an $84.7 million

According to The Energy Mag, the Swedish Tax Agency issued proposed VAT decisions against subsidiaries of Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital starting in September 2025, disputing computing and infrastructure services classified as cryptocurrency mining outside the VAT system. HIVE's Bikupa subsidiari

The Swedish Tax Agency has issued proposed value-added tax decisions against subsidiaries of Northern Data AG and secured appellate rulings against two Swedish units of HIVE Digital (NASDAQ: HIVE). The companies maintain their facilities supplied computing capacity or infrastructure services to

According to The Energy Mag, Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital subsidiaries faced Swedish Tax Agency VAT decisions in September 2025 and December 2022 respectively, with proposals to deny input-VAT deductions totaling €48 million for Northern Data and confirmed liabilities of €76.6 million for HIVE.

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis filed a public complaint Friday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of improperly awarding a $94.66 million sole-source contract to rival TRM Labs, with the redacted complaint revealing a sealed version

According to The Block, Chainalysis Government Solutions accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday of improperly awarding a $94.66 million sole-source blockchain analytics contract to rival TRM Labs. In a complaint filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Chainalysis