Enforcement Actions

Senate Democrats sent a letter Tuesday urging Republican leadership to hold hearings on reported ties between President Donald Trump's family crypto venture and Abu Dhabi royalty. The letter, signed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Gary Peters, Ron Wyden, Richard Durbin, and Richard Blumenthal, cited

According to The Block, on Tuesday Senate Democrats urged Republican leadership to immediately hold hearings on reported ties between President Donald Trump's family crypto venture and Abu Dhabi royalty. Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported that an Abu Dhabi investment vehicle

Noman Saleem, a 39-year-old New York man, was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow for defrauding cryptocurrency investors of more than $1.4 million. Saleem pleaded guilty in September 2025 to wire fraud charges after impersonating crypto

According to ChainCatcher, Noman Saleem, a 39-year-old New York man, pleaded guilty in September 2025 to wire fraud for impersonating crypto influencers on Telegram and defrauding investors of more than $1.4 million. Saleem created multiple fraudulent Telegram accounts impersonating prominent crypto

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Kentucky on Tuesday over what the federal regulator claims is its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets. The lawsuit came after Kentucky sued Kalshi, Polymarket and others last week for allegedly operating unlicensed sports betting and

According to The Block, on Tuesday (June 22), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Kentucky, claiming it has exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets and that the state's regulatory efforts unlawfully intrude on federal authority. Kentucky is the ninth state sued by the CFTC in i

Securitize, Inc. filed a lawsuit against tZERO Group, Inc. and other defendants in Delaware District Court, listed as Case No. 1:26-cv-00712 according to PACER Monitor. The dispute centers on tokenized securities infrastructure and patent claims between two established tokenization firms.

According to PACER Monitor, Securitize, Inc. filed a patent dispute against tZERO Group, Inc. in Delaware District Court under Case No. 1:26-cv-00712. The lawsuit centers on intellectual property claims related to tokenized securities infrastructure, a sector gaining significant institutional

The U.S. Justice Department seized a cloud computing account used by subsidiaries of Cambodia-based Huione Group, the department announced Tuesday. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division said the seized infrastructure served as part of a

According to the U.S. Justice Department announcement Tuesday, federal authorities seized a cloud computing account used by subsidiaries of Cambodia-based Huione Group as part of Operation Riptide, an FBI campaign against cybercrime and illicit crypto laundering. Assistant Attorney General A.

THORChain resumed trading and network operations on June 23, more than five weeks after a $10.7 million exploit forced its halt on May 15. The restart follows security upgrades, vault migrations, and verification procedures aimed at preventing a repeat of the breach that targeted one of its Asgard v

According to HK01, Hong Kong police dismantled a cross-border money laundering operation during June-September 2024 that involved 43 local bank accounts processing HK$18 million from 34 fraud cases. The ring suspected laundered HK$230 million in criminal proceeds through cryptocurrency exchanges. A

According to ChainCatcher, CoinUp recently dismissed claims from certain KOL that the platform had run away or faced withdrawal difficulties, stating such allegations are inconsistent with facts. The exchange clarified that Lu Zhu Pan is not the platform's operator and plays no role in core

According to a Wall Street Journal investigation published on June 21, 2026, Polymarket staged approximately $1.9 million in fake bets across paid creator videos, with roughly 70% of reviewed content filmed on cloned versions of the exchange rather than the live site. The company's chief marketing o

Hut 8 Corp. (HUT) agreed to pay $2.35 million to settle a proposed securities class action brought by investors who purchased or acquired Hut 8 securities in the U.S. or on a U.S.-based exchange between Feb. 13, 2023, and Jan. 18, 2024, according to a court filing submitted Monday in the U.S.

According to a U.S. District Court filing submitted Monday, Hut 8 Corp. has agreed to pay $2.35 million to settle a securities class action brought by investors who alleged the bitcoin miner misled the market about operational problems following its 2023 merger with U.S. Bitcoin Corp. The

THORChain resumed operations after more than a month of security reviews following a $10.7 million exploit on May 15. The decentralized cross-chain liquidity network restored trading, swaps, transaction signing, and liquidity provider functions after deploying security upgrades, verifying node

Daniel Chartraw, 53, formerly of South Lake Tahoe and Lodi, was convicted by a federal jury after an eight-day trial for his role in cryptocurrency and investment fraud schemes that cost investors nearly $1 million, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California announced. Chartra

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, a federal jury found Daniel Chartraw, 53, guilty following an eight-day trial on June 23. Chartraw orchestrated cryptocurrency

According to Cryptopolitan, India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has asked three major crypto exchanges to submit details of over-the-counter (OTC) trades exceeding $10,000. The regulator is focused on identifying the beneficial owners behind transactions involving private companies and