Enforcement Actions

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, suspicious trades flagged in crypto prediction markets including Kalshi and Polymarket totaled approximately $200 million in the first half of 2026, based on analysis of about 34,000 flagged transactions by Polysights. Geopolitical and war-related bets were the p

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued crypto mining investment business Mining Automatic and its founder Zan Shaikh, alleging they raised $22 million from more than 380 investors between June 2023 and May 2025 while spending only about 13% of the funds on actual mining operations. The

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Mining Automatic and its founder Zan Shaikh today, alleging they raised $22 million from over 380 investors between June 2023 and May 2025 while spending only about 13% on actual mining operations. According to the SEC complaint, the company

On July 16, Vietnam issued Decree 284/2026 imposing administrative fines of up to 50 million Vietnamese dong ($1,900) on individuals trading cryptocurrency through unlicensed platforms, effective September 1. Individual traders face fines between 30 million and 50 million dong ($1,150–$1,900),

Decentralized exchange ApeX launched perpetual contract trading for CASHCAT with leverage up to 50x, the platform announced in a weekly update on July 20. The listing runs fully on-chain and requires no know-your-customer verification, continuing ApeX's push to capture speculative meme coin volume t

According to the SEC, on July 21, the agency charged Florida resident Zan Shaikh and his company Mining Automatic with conducting a fraudulent cryptocurrency mining investment scheme that defrauded over 380 investors of approximately $22 million. Between June 2023 and May 2025, the defendants

Vietnam issued Decree No. 284/2026/NĐ-CP on July 16, imposing administrative penalties for use of unlicensed cryptocurrency platforms. The decree establishes fines up to 50 million Vietnamese dong ($1,900) for investors trading through unlicensed platforms and up to 200 million dong ($7,700) for

Vietnam's Decree No. 284/2026, issued on July 16, imposes fines of up to 50 million Vietnamese dong ($1,900) on investors trading through unlicensed platforms, with penalties reaching up to 200 million dong ($7,700) for unauthorized crypto offerings and serious anti-money laundering violations.

According to Yonhapnews, a 7-level accounting official at an administrative welfare center in Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk province, South Korea, allegedly diverted 2.5 billion won (approximately $1.68 million) in public funds to cryptocurrency investments from November 2025 through June 2026. The official

According to Senator Elizabeth Warren, on July 20, 2026, she pressed President Trump to disclose updated cryptocurrency-related financial information through July 15, 2026, with a July 23 deadline. Warren's request follows a disclosure showing Trump earned approximately $1.4 billion in crypto-relate

France's National Gambling Authority ordered domestic internet service providers to block access to Polymarket on July 16, 2026, with the regulator publicly confirming the measure on July 17, 2026. The blocking order targets the cryptocurrency-based prediction market platform over concerns about

France's National Gambling Authority issued a blocking order against Polymarket on July 16, 2026, directing domestic internet service providers to prevent user access to the prediction-market platform over concerns about illegal gambling, consumer losses and market manipulation. The regulator

South Korea's Ministry of Justice and prosecutors arrested 304 individuals for financial securities and virtual asset crimes over the past year and seized 381.4 billion won in criminal proceeds, according to a July 20 press release. The enforcement actions targeted three major crime categories

According to the South Korean Ministry of Justice, the agency filed charges against 304 individuals for financial securities and cryptocurrency crimes over the past 12 months (through May 2026), recovering 381.4 billion won in ill-gotten gains. The enforcement action was announced on July 20 as

South Korea's National Tax Service officials have proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act to enable seizure of self-custody crypto assets. Four NTS officials including Jang Hee-won published a paper in June in the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice journal titled 'Limitations of S