App and URL takedown notices raise disruption risks, but completed blocks and withdrawal limits remain unconfirmed.
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DOJ seized Telegram channels and two wallets while OFAC sanctioned Xinbi and the developers behind SafeW and XinbiPay.
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USDT spreads dollar claims and Treasury funding demand while Tether keeps reserve ownership, portfolio control and gains above face value.
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Prosecutors say the group stole and laundered more than $245 million in crypto, spending proceeds on club parties, private jets and exotic cars.
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Alan Lane’s new Silvergate account raises a question for crypto trust banks: how much protection survives a change in supervisors?
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Malone Lam pleaded guilty for his role in leading an international "social engineering" scheme, stealing $245 million worth in cryptocurrency.
Polish prosecutors charged Roman Ż. with two offenses following his arrest on Sept. 5 as part of an investigation into Zondacrypto.
Adam Aron threatened legal and SEC scrutiny; Robinhood's legal chief said the Jersey-issued debt product will remain.
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The preliminary injunction lasts until final order, adds a futures broker notice duty and lands amid an appellate split.
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The existing order no longer restrains the company, while its proposed first raise covers just 1.51% of an $827 million Bitcoin target before allocation.
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Revolut filed with the OCC and FDIC on March 4 to establish Revolut Bank US, an insured national bank that would take deposits, issue credit cards, make loans, and connect directly to Fedwire and ACH. Nearly six months later, that application remains pending, while federal regulators have spent the same stretch conditionally approving or converting […]
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DOJ says three 2025 warrants seized more than $560,000 before captured systems enabled agents to obtain additional donations.
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The affidavit must explain legal-payment sources, while any penalty would still require a further Techteryx application.
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Licensed operators must add recipient data to transfers, collect extra details above 30,000 baht and verify some self-hosted wallets.
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Corporate political donations hit a record $646 million over the 18 months through June, according to Public Citizen's analysis of FEC filings. Crypto political spending led every other corporate sector at $206 million, while crypto, AI, and online betting together accounted for $344 million, more than half the total. The GENIUS Act already created a […]
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CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid's pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement. On Aug. 31, an Arkham analysis reviewed by CoinDesk found that wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group had sold more than $30 million of Bitcoin through Hyperliquid over the prior three weeks. The proceeds were […]
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CEL Solicitors says it has traced more than 5,500 BTC that it believes belong to former users of Intersango, an early Bitcoin exchange that disappeared more than a decade ago. At Bitcoin’s current price near $78,824, those coins carry a value of roughly $433.5 million. One former UK customer has already recovered 61 BTC from […]
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Strategy has challenged MSCI's proposed “non-operating company” screen by tying it to a regulatory argument MSCI made four years ago in a letter shared on Aug. 31. The Bitcoin treasury company says the new methodology requires MSCI to judge whether Bitcoin belongs inside an operating business. That puts MSCI's 2022 defense to the Securities and […]
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Polish Olympic Committee President Radosław Piesiewicz was detained as part of an investigation into digital asset platform ZondaCrypto.
A wallet tagged to the US government moved a small amount of Bitcoin linked to assets seized from Alameda Research's Binance.US accounts. The movement revives a familiar fear that Washington could be preparing to liquidate more of its forfeited Bitcoin stash. Bitcoin deposited into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve “shall not be sold” under President Donald […]
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A federal jury convicted Las Vegas businessman Brent Kovar in a $24 million cryptocurrency scheme involving at least 400 investors.
Dillman faces a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $250,000 fine for each count of conviction, according to the DOJ.
President Donald Trump said on Aug. 20 that the US is considering accumulating sizable amounts of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Current law gives his administration several ways to increase federal crypto holdings, though no public authority gives Treasury a funded program for multibillion-dollar open-market purchases. For Bitcoin, Trump's 2025 executive order already directs Treasury and […]
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The SEC's new crypto fundraising proposal deliberately treats tokens as free to trade as soon as a buyer acquires them, unless the issuer or another law says otherwise. Insiders typically know more than the public while a token project is still being built, and their incentives do not always line up with everyone else's. The […]
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The company placed 4.96 EH/s in its operating column while a footnote said Ethiopia mining was paused.
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Legal ownership can pass at closing, while the public agreements disclose no collateral, guarantee or escrow.
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The non-cash liability equals about 41% of cash, while HIVE’s filings leave the payment timetable unresolved.
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Fiji deported Edward Zimbardi to the U.S. to face charges over an alleged $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme involving thousands of investors.
Crypto wrench attacks in France are on pace to make 2026 the worst year ever for violent crimes targeting crypto holders in the country.
Binance said it will no longer process transactions from 16 exchanges, including five already blocked, citing regulatory compliance needs.